Rakitna (pronounced [ɾaˈkiːtna]) is a village and tourist resort in the Municipality of Brezovica in central Slovenia.

[3] The local parish church is dedicated to the Holy Cross and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana.

[3] The Brinar fir (Slovene: Brinarjeva jelka) was a mutant European silver fir that grew in the Zagabrnice Woods on the southwest slope of Mount Novaki (Slovene: Novaška gora), about 1.5 kilometers (0.93 mi) southwest of Rakitna.

It also had a significantly faster rate of growth than surrounding firs and produced cones annually rather than every two to three years.

At the time it was felled, it was still growing vigorously and had a height of 40.5 meters (133 ft) and circumference of 243 centimeters (96 in).