Tekačevo (, in older sources ''Takačevo'', german: Takatschevo) is a settlement in the

Municipality of Rogaška Slatina The Municipality of Rogaška Slatina (; sl, Občina Rogaška Slatina) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Rogaška Slatina. Rogaška Slatina be ...

in eastern

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. The railway line from

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to Rogaška Slatina runs through the settlement. The wider area around Rogaška Slatina is part of the traditional region of

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. It is now included in the

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Spodnje Tekačevo'' and ''Zgornje Tekačevo'' to ''Tekačevo'' in 1952.

Mass murder

On 4 March 1997, a never resolved

mass murder Mass murder is the act of murdering a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximity. The United States Congress defines mass killings as the killings of three or more pe ...

, considered the worst or one of the worst murders in independent Slovenia, happened in Tekačevo. Four people (a married couple and their tenants) were killed. The only suspect has been Kristijan Kamenik, but his involvement has never been proved.

References

External links

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Tekačevo on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Rogaška Slatina {{RogaškaSlatina-geo-stub