Gradišče () is a settlement in the

City Municipality of Slovenj Gradec The Urban Municipality of Slovenj Gradec (; ) is a municipality in northern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Slovenj Gradec. It is part of the historic Styria region, and since 2005 it has belonged to the NUTS-3 Carinthia St ...

in northern

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. The entire municipality is now included in the

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Mass graves

Gradišče is the site of two known

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from the period immediately after the Second World War. Both graves are located in the western part of the settlement, in the northern outskirts of Slovenj Gradec, and contain the remains of Croatians that were traveling toward the Austrian border and killed between 10 and 15 May 1945. The Troblje Mass Grave () is located on the east side of the road to

Dravograd Dravograd (; ) is a small town in northern Slovenia, close to the border with Austria. It is the seat of the Municipality of Dravograd. It lies on the Drava River at the confluence with the Meža and the Mislinja. It is part of the traditional ...

, near a shrine next to a ditch with a creek that flows into the Mislinja River. It is a former antitank trench that contains the remains of an unknown number victims. The Tretjak Farm Mass Grave () is located on the Tretjak farm at Gradišče no. 6. It contains the remains of 12 victims.

References

External links

Gradišče on Geopedia
Populated places in the Urban Municipality of Slovenj Gradec Slovenj Gradec {{SlovenjGradec-geo-stub