Log pod Mangartom Mosque, Military mosque in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia

The Log pod Mangartom Mosque was a small Sunni mosque built mostly of cut stone, with a carved wooden porch, a domed roof and a square minaret. A stone wall and a gated iron fence surrounded it. It stood near the village of Log pod Mangartom, in what is now the Municipality of Bovec, northwestern Slovenia, beside a military cemetery for Austro-Hungarian soldiers of all faiths.

Bosnian Muslim soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army built this mosque in 1916 to serve troops fighting on the Isonzo Front. After the war, the territory passed to Italy, and the building was torn down in the 1920s.

The mosque served the religious needs of Bosnian Muslim soldiers of the 4th Bosnian-Herzegovinian Infantry Regiment, granted by the military authorities in November 1916. The nearby Log pod Mangartom Military Cemetery was laid out for fallen Austro-Hungarian soldiers of all faiths. Six photographs taken by local residents are the only surviving record of the building.

The building no longer stands, but the adjacent cemetery is still accessible and worth visiting. The site is in a mountain valley, so sturdy footwear is a good idea, especially in wet or cold weather.

Only six photographs taken by local residents before the demolition show what the mosque looked like. These images are the only visual record of a place of worship that stood on this remote mountain front during World War I.