Hrastnik (; german: Hrastnigg''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 20.) is a settlement in the hills to the northeast of Moravče in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the

Municipality of Moravče The Municipality of Moravče (; sl, Občina Moravče) is a municipality in the traditional region of Upper Carniola in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Moravče. Moravče became a municipality in 1994. Settlemen ...

in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. The settlement includes the hamlets of Kal, Hruševje, and Grad.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 88.

Name

Hrastnik was attested in historical sources as ''Kraͤsnyk'' in 1409, ''Crastnik'' in 1425, and ''Krestnikch'' in 1436. The name ''Hrastnik'' is derived from the Slovene common noun ''hrast'' ' oak'. Like similar names (e.g., '' Hrastje, Hrastovica, Hraše''), it originally referred to the local vegetation. In the past the German name was ''Hrastnigg''.

History

During the Second World War, there was extensive

Partisan Partisan may refer to: Military * Partisan (weapon), a pole weapon * Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line Films * ''Partisan'' (film), a 2015 Australian film * ''Hell River'', a 1974 Yugoslavian film also know ...

activity in Hrastnik starting in the summer of 1941. On 20 June 1942, the Partisans held a rally in the village, and the German authorities imposed a curfew on the village. Early on the morning of 20 July 1942, German forces surrounded the village. The young men fled to the surrounding hills, and the troops took eight men to the Vrban barn. Then they looted the village and evicted the women and children, who were sent to various concentration camps. The German soldiers then burned the village, including the barn where the village men were held prisoner. A ninth man, who fled a burning mow, was shot and locked in the burning barn. The soldiers then dynamited the ceramic ovens and cellars of the houses, destroying them completely. The German authorities did not permit the villagers to bury the dead in the Moravče cemetery, and their remains were interred in a mass grave by the village chapel-shrine. The remains were later moved to the Moravče cemetery. A monument commemorating the event was erected in the village in 1950.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 25513

References

External links

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Hrastnik on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Moravče {{Moravče-geo-stub