Veliki Boč (; german: Großwalz''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 155.) is a

dispersed settlement A dispersed settlement, also known as a scattered settlement, is one of the main types of settlement patterns used by landscape historians to classify rural settlements found in England and other parts of the world. Typically, there are a numb ...

in the hills north of

Selnica ob Dravi Selnica ob Dravi () is a village on the left bank of the Drava River in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Selnica ob Dravi. The parish church in the village is dedicated to Saint Margaret and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdioce ...

in northeastern

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, right on the border with

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.Selnica ob Dravi municipal site
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Geography

Veliki Boč consists of a number of large, isolated farms scattered across ridges of the Kojzak Hills. It extends north to the border with Austria, south to Spodnji Boč, east to Zgornji Slemen, and west to

Zgornji Boč Zgornji Boč () is a settlement in the hills above the left bank of the Drava River in the Municipality of Selnica ob Dravi in northeastern Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS' ...

. The soil is composed of fertile weathered gneiss, tonalite, and phyllite. Tilled fields lie on the sunny sides of the slopes. Because the terrain limits the ability to cultivate the land, animal husbandry (cattle, sheep, and bees) has traditionally been important, and especially forestry.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1980. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 4. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 257.

Name

The name ''Veliki Boč'' literally means 'big Boč', distinguishing the settlement from neighboring Zgornji Boč (literally, 'upper Boč') and Spodnji Boč (literally, 'lower Boč'). The name ''Boč'' may be geographical in origin, referring to a rounded hill. These various villages named ''Boč'' were attested in written sources in 1265–67 as ''Waltz'' (and as ''Walsnich'' in 1352).

History

On April 25, 1929, the Yugoslav police executed Communist Party secretary

Đuro Đaković Đuro Đaković (30 November 1886 – 25 April 1929) was a Yugoslav metal worker, communist and revolutionary. Đaković was the organizational secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, from April 1928 to Apri ...

(1886–1929) and

Nikola Hećimović Nikola "Niko" Hećimović, also Nicholas Hećimovića (26 November 1900 – 25 April 1929) was a Croatian communist organizer and secretary of the Yugoslav branch of International Red Aid. Hećimović was born to a middle-class family in Zagreb; h ...

(1900–1929), secretary of

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, in the Šele Ravine ( sl, Šelova graba) in the hamlet of Šelovo in the northern part of the village.

References

External links

Veliki Boč on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Selnica ob Dravi {{SelnicaobDravi-geo-stub