Krvavi Potok () is a settlement in the
Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina
The Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina (; sl, Občina Hrpelje - Kozina) is a municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia.Littoral
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region of
Slovenia
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on the border with
Italy
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.
The Kozina
border crossing
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into Italy is at Krvavi Potok. Since Slovenia's accession to the
European Union
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and the
Schengen area
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, customs and immigration checks have been abolished at the Italian–Slovenian border.
Name
The name ''Krvavi Potok'' (and the stream of the same name, ''Krvavi potok'') literally means 'bloody creek'. The name is said to date from the time of the Napoleonic wars, when the French authorities executed bandits in the area.
However, another theory derives the name from the reddish color of the terrain at sunset or local reddish rock deposits.
References
External links
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Krvavi Potok on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina
Italy–Slovenia border crossings
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