Pameče () is a settlement in the

City Municipality of Slovenj Gradec The City Municipality of Slovenj Gradec (; sl, Mestna občina Slovenj Gradec) is a municipality in northern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Slovenj Gradec. It is part of the historic Styria region, and since 2005 it has belo ...

in northern

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. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the

Carinthia Statistical Region The Carinthia Statistical Region ( sl, Koroška statistična regija) is a statistical region in northern Slovenia along the border with Austria. The region is difficult to access and is poorly connected with the central part of Slovenia. The env ...

Mass graves

Pameče is the site of two known

mass graves A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may Unidentified decedent, 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 executi ...

associated with the Second World War. The Fuks 1 and 2 mass graves ( sl, Grobišče Fuks 1, 2) are located at the Hribernik farm (at Pameče no. 183), west and south of the house, respectively. They contain the remains of an unidentified number of victims, believed to be mostly Croatians.

Church

The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

in the settlement is dedicated to Saint James ( sl, sveti Jakob) and belongs to the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor ( la, Archidioecesis Mariborensis, sl, Nadškofija Maribor) is an archdiocese located in the city of Maribor in Slovenia. History * 1859 : Maribor (then Marburg) became the see of the Diocese of Lavant ...

. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1488. The current building dates to 1868. A second

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * C ...

on a hill north of the settlement is dedicated to Saint Anne and was built in 1530.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 3218

References

External links

Pameče on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Slovenj Gradec Slovenj Gradec {{SlovenjGradec-geo-stub