Breg () is a settlement on the left bank of the
Sava River
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in the
Municipality of Sevnica
The Municipality of Sevnica ( sl, Občina Sevnica) is a municipality along the Sava and the Mirna Rivers in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Sevnica. Today it is part of the Lower Sava Statistical Region. It is th ...
in central
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the historical region of
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
. The municipality is now included in the
Lower Sava Statistical Region
The Lower Sava Statistical Region ( sl, Posavska statistična regija; until December 31, 2014 ) is a statistical region in Slovenia. It has good traffic accessibility and is located in the Sava and Krka Valleys, with hilly areas with vineyards and ...
. The settlement includes the hamlets of Gradišče, Jelše, and Zagradec.
[Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 254.]
Name
''Breg'' is not only a common toponym in Slovenia, but also has equivalents in other Slavic languages (e.g., ''
Brijeg'' in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ''
Břehy'' in the Czech Republic, ''
Brehy'' in Slovakia, and ''
Brzeg
Brzeg (; Latin: ''Alta Ripa'', German: ''Brieg'', Silesian German: ''Brigg'', , ) is a town in southwestern Poland with 34,778 inhabitants (December 2021) and the capital of Brzeg County. It is situated in Silesia in the Opole Voivodeship on the ...
'' in Poland), all derived from the Slavic common noun ''*bergъ'' 'slope, bank'. In Slovene, the noun ''breg'' may refer not only to sloping land or land alongside a body of water, but also to the water itself.
History
The remains of a prehistoric fortress above the settlement, where worked stone artifacts have been found, attest to early settlement in the area. Before the second railroad track was built between
Sevnica
Sevnica (; german: Lichtenwald''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 20.) is a town on the left bank of the Sava River in central Sloveni ...
and
Zidani Most
Zidani Most (; german: Steinbrück) is a settlement in the Municipality of Laško in eastern Slovenia. It lies at the confluence of the Sava and Savinja rivers. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the r ...
, Breg was an important
passing loop
A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains or ...
before the station in Zidani Most; now it serves as a
classification yard
A classification yard (American and Canadian English ( Canadian National Railway use)), marshalling yard (British, Hong Kong, Indian, Australian, and Canadian English ( Canadian Pacific Railway use)) or shunting yard (Central Europe) is a railway ...
. A fire station was built in Breg in 1958, and water mains were installed in 1971.
Mass graves
Breg is the site of three known
mass graves
A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may not be identified prior to burial. The United Nations has defined a criminal mass grave as a burial site containing three or more victims of execution, although an exact ...
from the end of the Second World War. They all contain the remains of
Ustaša soldiers. The Breg 1 Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Breg 1) lies in the yard of the house at Breg no. 1e. It contains the remains of nine victims. The Breg 2 Mass Grave () is located in a meadow in the middle of the settlement, about 40 m from the road. It contains the remains of two victims. The Breg 3 Mass Grave () lies on the bank of the Sava River near the house at Breg no. 12. It contains the remains of three victims.
Transport
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Breg railway station
References
External links
Breg at Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Sevnica
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