Ravne v Bohinju () is a settlement in the
Municipality of Bohinj
The Municipality of Bohinj ( sl, Občina Bohinj) is a municipality in the Upper Carniola region of northwest Slovenia. Its seat is the settlement of Bohinjska Bistrica. The municipality had 5,222 inhabitants in 2002.
Settlements
In addition to t ...
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
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. It includes the hamlets of Spodnji Konec, Zgornji Konec, and Dolino.
Geography
Ravne v Bohinju lies on a sloping mountain terrace above the railroad tunnel south of
Bohinjska Bistrica
Bohinjska Bistrica (; german: Wocheiner Feistritz) is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Municipality of Bohinj, in the Upper Carniola region of northwestern Slovenia.
Geography
The settlement lies in the Julian Alps southw ...
. The village has a road connection to Bohinjska Bistrica, and the road continues west from the village into the foothills of the
Komna Plateau. There are three springs in the village: one at the Pavle Clearing (''Pavletov rovt'') in Spodnji Konec, one at the Balant Commons (''Balantova gmjana'') in Zgornji Konec, and one at the Klemenc Commons (''Klemenčeva gmajna'') in Dolino.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Ravne'' to ''Ravne v Bohinju'' in 1955.
History
Cheese-making and dairy activity were formerly important economic activities in Ravne v Bohinju. Cheese-making was abandoned soon after the Second World War and the dairy industry went into decline.
Mass grave
Ravne v Bohinju is the site of a
mass grave
A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may 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 execution, although an exact ...
from the Second World War. The Jate Shaft Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Brezno na Jatah) is located in the woods southwest of the settlement, at a site where water collects and flows into a cave during heavy rain. The shaft contains the remains of two people thrown into the cave during the war.
References
External links
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Ravne v Bohinju on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Bohinj
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