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Mass Graves In Škofja Loka
Mass graves in Škofja Loka were created in Škofja Loka, Slovenia during and after the Second World War. The Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Slovenia has registered seven known Mass graves in Slovenia, mass graves in the city itself and an additional 20 in the Municipality of Škofja Loka. Background The concealed mass graves in Škofja Loka were created in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, after British forces forcibly repatriated Slovene Home Guard, Home Guard soldiers that had fled to Austria to Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia from Bleiburg repatriations, camps in Bleiburg,Booker, Christopher. 1997. ''A Looking-Glass Tragedy. The Controversy over the Repatriations From Austria In 1945.'' London: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd., p. 214. Lavamund, Rosenbach, Viktring (a district of Klagenfurt), and elsewhere. They are part of the mass graves associated with the nearby former Loka Castle prison, where Home Guard members and civilians that did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Škofja Loka
Škofja Loka (; ) is a town in Slovenia. It is the economic, cultural, educational, and administrative center of the Municipality of Škofja Loka in Upper Carniola. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Geography Škofja Loka lies at an elevation of at the confluence of the Poljane Sora and the Selca Sora rivers, at the transition of the Sora Plain into the Škofja Loka Hills and the Polhov Gradec Hills. Its old center stands on river terraces, and comprises Town Square, Škofja Loka, Town Square (''Plac'') and Lower Square, Škofja Loka, Lower Square (''Lontrg''). On a plateau above the town stands Loka Castle, which houses the Loka Museum. Above the castle rises Krancelj Hill (). North of the town center is Kamnitnik Hill ( high), known for its conglomerate (geology), conglomerate rock. Immediately south of the town is a plain known as Viršk or Viršk Plain (), which the Poljane Sora flows through before joining the Selca Sora. The name ''Viršk'' is a corruption of German ''Hirsack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breznica Pod Lubnikom
Breznica pod Lubnikom () is a village in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Geography Breznica pod Lubnikom is a village with a clustered core on the south slope of Mount Lubnik (). It also included the hamlets and isolated farms of Dolinček, Potočnik, Pri Nacetu, Rohotnik, Zalubnikar, and Žerinc. The Breznica Gorge (''Brezniška grapa'') lies to the east, the Potočnik Gorge (''Potočniška grapa'') to the northwest below Pleše Hill (), and the Sopotnik Gorge (''Sopotniška grapa'') to the west below Hoje Hill (). The village is connected by road to Podpulfrca in the Poljane Sora Valley to the southeast. Name Breznica pod Lubnikom was attested in written sources as ''Brieznitz'' in 1291 and ''Nabresnitzi'' in 1500, among other spellings. The name of the settlement was changed from ''Breznica'' to ''Breznica pod Lubnikom'' in 1953. The name is derived from the common noun ''breza'' 'birch'. Like similar toponyms in Slovenia (e.g., '' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massacres In Slovenia
A massacre is an event of killing people who are not engaged in hostilities or are defenseless. It is generally used to describe a targeted killing of civilians en masse by an armed group or person. The word is a loan of a French term for "butchery" or "carnage". Other terms with overlapping scope include war crime, pogrom, mass killing, mass murder, and extrajudicial killing. Etymology ''Massacre'' derives from late 16th century Middle French word ''macacre'' meaning "slaughterhouse" or "butchery". Further origins are dubious, though the word may be related to Latin ''macellum'' "provisions store, butcher shop". The Middle French word ''macecr'' "butchery, carnage" is first recorded in the late 11th century. Its primary use remained the context of animal slaughter (in hunting terminology referring to the head of a stag) well into the 18th century. The use of ''macecre'' "butchery" of the mass killing of people dates to the 12th century, implying people being "slaughtered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aftermath Of World War II In Slovenia
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Vešter
Vešter (; in older sources also ''Bešter'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 62. ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Geography Vešter is an old clustered village east of Trnje, Škofja Loka, Trnje along the road from Škofja Loka to Železniki. It stands on the left bank of the Selca Sora, Selca Sora River with the settled area in the Vešter Plain (), and Puštal Hill and Cavrn Hill rise north of the settlement. Name ''Vešter'' was attested in historical sources as ''Obernwester'' in 1291, ''Westreden'' in 1421, ''Westert'' in 1481, and ''Bestrad'' in 1500. The name ''Vešter'' is shortened from German ''Obernwester'' (literally, 'upper Vešter'). The neighboring village of Trnje was formerly called ''Wester'', and so the epithet distinguished the two villages. The name ''Vešter'' is derived from the microt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trnje, Škofja Loka
Trnje (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 62.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Mass grave Trnje is the site of a Mass graves in Slovenia, mass grave associated with World War II. The Podtrn Mass Grave () is located on a path about north of the settlement. It contains the remains of seven victims believed to be Slovene Home Guard, Home Guard prisoners of war from nearby villages that were imprisoned at Škofja Loka, Loka Castle. References External links *Trnje on Geopedia Populated places in the Municipality of Škofja Loka {{ŠkofjaLoka-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
