Kozarišče (, in older sources ''Kozaršče'', german: Kosarsche, it, Cosarsca) is a village south of

Stari Trg pri Ložu Stari Trg pri Ložu (; sl, Stari trg pri Ložu, german: Altenmarkt, it, Borgovecchio d'Olisa) is a settlement and the administrative seat of the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Geography The territory of S ...

in the

Municipality of Loška Dolina The Municipality of Loška Dolina (; sl, Občina Loška dolina) is a municipality in Slovenia. It is part of the Inner Carniola traditional region. Snežnik Castle and Cross Cave are located in the municipality. Its municipal seat is the town of ...

in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The area of the village extends south of the main settlement right to the Snežnik Plateau and to the border with Croatia.

Snežnik Castle Snežnik Castle ( sl, Grad Snežnik, german: Schloß Schneeberg) is a 13th-century castle located in the southwest part of the Lož Valley near the settlement of Kozarišče in the municipality of Loška Dolina, Slovenia Slovenia ( ; ...

, a 13th-century

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, is located just southwest of the village.

Church

The local church in the settlement dates to the mid-16th century and is dedicated to

Saint Benedict Benedict of Nursia ( la, Benedictus Nursiae; it, Benedetto da Norcia; 2 March AD 480 – 21 March AD 548) was an Christianity in Italy, Italian Christian monk, writer, and theologian who is venerated in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Ortho ...

and belong to the Parish of Stari Trg pri Ložu.

Mass graves

Kozarišče is the site of a two known mass graves associated with the Second World War. The Kozlovka Cave Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Jama Kozlovka) is located in a spruce woods along the road from Kozarišče to

Knežak Knežak (; german: Grafenbrunn, it, Fontana del Conte) is a village on the main road from Postojna to Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. It belongs to the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica. The parish church in the settleme ...

. It is a deep shaft that contains the remains of Slovene anticommunist militia members. The Grobnica Mass Grave () is located in the forest southwest of the settlement. It contains an undetermined number of victims.

References

External links

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Kozarišče on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Loška Dolina {{LoškaDolina-geo-stub