Trava (; german: Obergrass or ''Obergraß''''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 42.) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the

Municipality of Loški Potok The Municipality of Loški Potok (; sl, Občina Loški Potok) is a municipality in southern Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. The municipal administr ...

in southern

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 ...

. 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

Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region The Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region ( sl, Jugovzhodna Slovenija statistična regija) is a statistical region in southeast Slovenia. It is the largest statistical region. The development of this region is largely the result of industry (the au ...

Church

The local

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was a

chapel of ease A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church architecture, church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently. Often a chapel of ea ...

dedicated to

Lawrence of Rome Saint Lawrence or Laurence ( la, Laurentius, lit. " laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman ...

. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1526 and was one of the oldest churches in the Parish of

Osilnica Osilnica (, in older sources also ''Osivnica'', german: Ossiunitz) is a settlement in southern Slovenia. It is located on the left bank of the Kolpa River next to the border with Croatia. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and ...

. Some sources indicate that defensive walls stood around the church to protect against Ottoman raids; no trace of these walls remain today. The church stood in the middle of the village cemetery; it had a rectangular nave and an octagonal

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walled on three sides. A square belfry stood on the north side of the building and the sacristy stood on the south side between the nave and chancel. The present-day ruins date from a rebuilding of the church in the 17th century. The church was assigned to the newly founded Parish of Draga in 1834. The building was reworked at the end of the 19th century with the addition of the belfry, the sacristy, and new windows; the interior was also newly vaulted at this time, and the year 1894 was carved into the stone door casing. The church was covered by a gabled shingled roof. The church was burned down by the Partisans on 22 July 1942. It was not rebuilt after the war; the ruins include the partially preserved tower of the belfry.Ferenc, Mitja. "Trava: Podružnična cerkev sv. Lovrenca / Obergrass: Filialkirche St. Laurentius"

References

External links

Trava on GeopediaPre–World War II map of Trava with oeconyms and family names
Populated places in the Municipality of Loški Potok {{LoskiPotok-geo-stub