Vrhpolje () is a settlement in the

Vipava Valley The Vipava Valley (; sl, Vipavska dolina, german: Wippachtal, it, Valle del Vipacco) is a valley in the Slovenian Littoral, roughly between the village of Podnanos to the east and the border with Italy to the west. The main towns are Ajdovš ...

north of the town of

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in the

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region of

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Geography

Vrhpolje is a clustered village in the Upper Vipava Valley at the northwest foot of the Nanos Plateau. White Creek ( sl, Bela), a tributary of the

Vipava River The Vipava (in Slovene) or Vipacco (in Italian) or ''Wipbach'' / ''Wippach'' (in German) is a river that flows through western Slovenia and north-eastern Italy. The river is in length, of which 45 km in Slovenia. After entering Italy it j ...

, flows past the town to the east, but its bed is often dry because it is an influent stream. There are tilled fields in the low, flat areas toward Vipava, vineyards on the slopes to the north, and wooded land on the slopes of the Nanos Plateau to the east. There are karst caves in the vicinity.

Unmarked graves

Vrhpolje is the site of two

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from the Second World War. The Church Grave ( sl, Grobišče ob cerkvi) is located in the middle of the tree-lined avenue by the parish church. It contains the remains of a German soldier killed near

during the war. The Zavetnik Farm Grave () lies in the woods below a vineyard, about north-northeast of the parish church. It contains the remains of the Slovene civilian Marija Krapež from Malo Polje, who was murdered by the Partisans in November 1943.

Church

The

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in the settlement is dedicated to Saints Primus and Felician and belongs to the Koper Diocese.

References

External links

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Vrhpolje at GeopediaVrhpolje pri Vipavi
Populated places in the Municipality of Vipava {{Vipava-geo-stub