Škrilj (; in older sources also ''Dolenje Zdihovo'',
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.] ) is a
village
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in the
Municipality of Kočevje
The Municipality of Kočevje (; ) is a Municipalities of Slovenia, municipality in southern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the city of Kočevje. Today it is part of the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. In terms of area, it is t ...
in southern
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola
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and is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region
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. It no longer has any permanent residents.
History
Škrilj was a
Gottschee German village. The village was laid waste in an Ottoman raid in 1491. In 1942 the village was the site of a civilian refugee camp for people that had fled into the forests from Italian occupation forces. During the Second World War three houses in the village were destroyed in aerial bombardment, but the remaining 13 survived. The village was gradually abandoned after the war; in 1953 four houses were still inhabited.
[Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 246.]
Church
The church in the village was a chapel of ease dedicated to the
Holy Cross and it dated from the beginning of the 17th century.
The church stood at the top of a hill at the western edge of the village. It had a short rectangular nave and a narrow polygonal
chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the Choir (architecture), choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may termi ...
walled on three sides. It was probably built in the first half of the 17th century. According to
Johann Weikhard von Valvasor
Johann Weikhard Freiherr von Valvasor or Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor (, ) or simply Valvasor (baptised on 28 May 1641 – September or October 1693) was a natural historian and polymath from Carniola, present-day Slovenia, and a Li ...
, the main altar was dedicated to the Holy Cross and the side altars to the Virgin Mary and Saint Margaret. After 1840 it became a vicariate to
Zdihovo. The belfry was probably added at this time and a bell cast in 1844 was installed. The church still stood in 1950, but like many other churches in the region it was destroyed between 1953 and 1954. The church was also surrounded by a cemetery. Today only the threshold of the church and the remnants of a few gravestones remain.
Ferenc, Mitja. "Škrilj: Podružnična cerkev sv. Križa / Skrill: Filialkirche Hl. Kreuz"
References
External links
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Škrilj on GeopediaPre–World War II list of oeconyms and family names in Škrilj
Former populated places in the Municipality of Kočevje
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