Hruševo () is a settlement northeast of Dobrova in the

Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov Gradec The Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov Gradec (; sl, Občina Dobrova - Polhov Gradec) is a municipality in Slovenia. Its administrative seat is Dobrova. History Originally, according to the ''Establishment of Municipalities and Municipal Boundari ...

in the

Upper Carniola Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jeseni ...

region of

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. It includes the hamlets of Log, Selo, and Na Govcu. Hruševnik Creek flows through the valley south of the main part of Hruševo, and then separates this and Log from Selo and Na Govcu before joining the Gradaščica River.

Name

Hruševo was attested in historical sources as ''Chrovssay'' in 1303, and as ''Chruͦschi'', ''Cruschewͦ'', and ''Cruschawͦ'' in 1498, among other spellings. The name ''Hruševo'' is derived from the Slovene word ''hruška'' '

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' and, like similar names (e.g., ''

Hruševica Hruševica () is a small village southwest of Štanjel in the Municipality of Komen in the Littoral region of Slovenia next to the border with Italy. The local church is dedicated to Saint Joseph and belongs to the Parish A parish is a territ ...

Hruševka Hruševka (; german: Hruschouka''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 24.) is a small settlement in the Tuhinj Valley in the Municipality of ...

Hruševje Hruševje (; it, Cruscevie) is a settlement west of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Geography Hruševje stands in the western part of the Pivka Basin along the old main road from Razdrto to Postojna. The older part of the vill ...

''), originally referred to the local vegetation. In the past it was known as ''Hruschowa'' in German.

Church

The church in Hruševo was originally subordinate to the proto-parish of Šentvid nad Ljubljano. The church was assigned to Dobrova when it became a vicariate in 1723, and when Dobrova was elevated to a parish in 1784 it became part of that parish. The current local church, dedicated to

Saint George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...

, stands on Oprtice Hill (413 m) to the north of the main settlement. It dates from the late eighteenth century. The previous church stood at a lower location in the center of the village and was greatly damaged during a Turkish attack in 1476. The church contains a painting of

John of Nepomuk John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) ( cs, Jan Nepomucký; german: Johannes Nepomuk; la, Ioannes Nepomucenus) ( 1345 – 20 March 1393) was the saint of Bohemia (Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus IV ...

Valentin Metzinger Jean-Valentin Metzinger (19 April 1699, Saint-Avold – 12 March 1759, Ljubljana) was a French-born Austrian-Slovenian painter, in the Baroque style. Life and work His ancestors were originally from Italy. He was one of twelve children born ...

from 1749 and a painting of

Philip Neri Philip Romolo Neri ( ; it, italics=no, Filippo Romolo Neri, ; 22 July 151526 May 1595), known as the "Second Apostle of Rome", after Saint Peter, was an Italian priest noted for founding a society of secular clergy called the Congregation of th ...

by the Italian painter Michelangelo Ricciolino.

Second World War

On 7 May 1942 a Slovenian National Guard (''Narodna zaščita'') unit ambushed a motorized Italian convoy from the Granatieri di Sardegna Mechanized Brigade in Hruševo, resulting in 33 dead and 82 wounded Italian soldiers and officers. This was the deadliest attack against Italian forces in Slovenia until that time. The same month the Italians burned part of the village. In November 1942 the Partisans murdered nine members of the Hudnik family in revenge for sheltering a deserter, whom they also killed. This was the largest family massacre in Slovenia during the war. The family was buried in a mass grave above nearby Babna Gora.Matija Škerbec. 1957. ''Krivda rdeče fronte''. Cleveland: Author, pp. 47–48. On 12 March 1943 the Partisans set the village church on fire and attempted to dynamite the bell tower, but the fuse was destroyed by two local farmers.Javornik, Mirko. 1944. ''Črne bukve: o delu komunistične osvobodilne fronte proti slovenskemu narodu''. Ljubljana: Slovenski dom, pp. 165–166.

Economy

The economy of the village is traditionally tied to production of potatoes, grain, beef, and milk.

References

External links

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Hruševo on Geopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hrusevo Populated places in the Municipality of Dobrova-Polhov Gradec