Zgornja Kapla () is a
dispersed settlement
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in the hills north of the
in the
Municipality of Podvelka
The Municipality of Podvelka (; sl, Občina Podvelka) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Podvelka. The Municipality of Podvelka–Ribnica was created in 1994, ...
in
Slovenia
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, on the border with
Austria
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.
Name
The name ''Zgornja Kapla'' literally means 'upper Kapla', distinguishing the settlement from neighboring ''
Spodnja Kapla'' (literally, 'lower Kapla'). Like other settlements named Kapla (e.g., ''
Kapla
Kapla is a construction set for children and adults. The sets consist only of identical wood planks measuring 11.7 cm x 2.34 cm x 0.78 cm. This 15:3:1 ratio of length:width:thickness is different than the dimensions used for tradi ...
'' in the Municipality of Tabor) and similar names (e.g., ''
Kaplja vas'', ''
Kapljišče'', and ''
Železna Kapla'' in Austria), the name is derived from the Slovene common noun ''*kapla'' 'chapel' (< ''*kapela'' <
MHG and
OHG ''kappella'' < Latin ''cappella'' 'chapel'), referring to a local religious structure.
Mass graves
Zgornja Kapla is the site of three known
mass graves
A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may Unidentified decedent, not be identified prior to burial. The United Nations has defined a criminal mass grave as a burial site containing three or more victims of executi ...
or unmarked graves associated with the Second World War. All of the victims were murdered in May 1945 by the Jože Lacko Detachment of the
Partisan forces. The Zgornji Pavlič Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Zgornji Pavlič) is located in the woods about south of the Zgornji Pavlič farm (at Zgornja Kapla no. 16). It contains the remains of about 45 Hungarian civilians. The Pušnik Chapel-Shrine Grave () is located about northeast of the Kure farm (Zgornja Kapla no. 65). It contains the remains of a Slovene that was murdered because he had been mobilized into the German military. The Sršen 3 Grave () lies on the edge of a woods about below the abandoned farm at Zgornja Kapla no. 57 and east of the Stojan farm. It contains the remains of a person murdered on suspicion of being an
informant
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.
Church
The
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...
in the settlement is dedicated to
Saint Catherine and belongs to the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor ( la, Archidioecesis Mariborensis, sl, Nadškofija Maribor) is an archdiocese located in the city of Maribor in Slovenia.
History
* 1859 : Maribor (then Marburg) became the see of the Diocese of Lavant
...
. It is first mentioned in written documents dating to 1389. The current building dates to after 1813, when the old church burned down.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 3061
References
External links
*
Zgornja Kapla on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Podvelka
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