Rožič Vrh (, in older sources ''Rožičev verh'', german: Roschitschwerch) is a settlement in the hills west of the town of

Črnomelj Črnomelj (; in older sources also ''Černomelj'', german: Tschernembl''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 4.) is a town in southeastern S ...

in the

White Carniola White Carniola ( sl, Bela krajina; german: Weißkrain or ''Weiße Mark'') is a traditional region in southeastern Slovenia on the border with Croatia. Due to its smallness, it is often considered a subunit of the broader Lower Carniola region, alth ...

area of southeastern

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

Lower Carniola Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region. Geography Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the no ...

and is now included in the

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. It includes the territory of the abandoned village of Gradec (also known as Zagradec) and Topli Vrh.

Mass graves

Rožič Vrh is the site of two known

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associated with the Second World War. The Zagradec Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Zagradec) is located in a sinkhole below a forest trail and hay meadow southeast of Gradec. The grave contains the remains of 61

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from

Kanižarica Kanižarica () is a settlement southwest of the town of Črnomelj in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. ...

that were murdered on 21 July 1942. The Rožič Vrh Mass Grave () is located in the forest west of Rožič Vrh, towards Gradec.

References

External links

Rožič Vrh on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Črnomelj {{Crnomelj-geo-stub