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Šmarčna () is a settlement on the right bank of the
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in the
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in east-central
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. The area is part of the historical region of
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. The municipality is now included in the
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. The settlement includes the hamlet of Gomila (or Spodnji Erkenštajn, , ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 87.).Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 278.


History

Settlement of Šmarčna in prehistoric times is attested by
Hallstatt culture The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Western Europe, Western and Central European archaeological culture of the Late Bronze Age Europe, Bronze Age (Hallstatt A, Hallstatt B) from the 12th to 8th centuries BC and Early Iron Age Europe (Hallst ...
finds. In the Middle Ages, Lower Erkenstin Castle (, ) stood in the hamlet of Gomila. During the Second World War, the German authorities deported the population of the village and settled Gottschee Germans there. The village was burned one week before the end of the war.


Mass grave

Šmarčna is the site of a
mass grave 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 exec ...
from the end of the Second World War. The Šmarčna Čeček Field Mass Grave () lies south of the settlement on a lot by the house at Šmarčna no. 2. It contains the remains of eight Ustaša soldiers killed in May 1945 while withdrawing towards Austria.


Church

The local
church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
is dedicated to
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() and belongs to the Parish of
Boštanj Boštanj may refer to: * Boštanj, Sevnica Boštanj ( or ; in older sources also ''Gorenji Boštanj'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p ...
. It was built in 1970 on the site of an older chapel that was incorporated into the new building.


References


External links


Šmarčna on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Sevnica {{Sevnica-geo-stub