Hrušica (, ) is a settlement west of

Jesenice Jesenice (, ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru'', vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 144.) is the tenth-largest town in Slovenia, located in the traditional province of Upper C ...

along the main road to

Kranjska Gora Kranjska Gora (; ) is a town in northwestern Slovenia, on the Sava Dolinka River in the Upper Carniola region, close to the Austrian and Italy, Italian borders. It is the seat of the Municipality of Kranjska Gora. The tripoint between Austria, It ...

in the

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in the

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region of

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Geography

Hrušica lies above the left bank of the Sava River below

Hrušica Peak Hrušica Peak (, in older sources also ''Rožčica'';Potočnik, Matko. 1909. ''Vojvodina Koroška'', vol. 1. Ljubljana: Matica Slovenska, p. 20. ; ) is a peak in the Western Karawanks The Karawanks or Karavankas or Karavanks (; , ) are a mountai ...

(, ) in the

Karawanks The Karawanks or Karavankas or Karavanks (; , ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps on the border between Slovenia to the south and Austria to the north. With a total length of in an east–west direction, the Karawanks chain is o ...

to the north, and Mount Kisovec () and the Mežakla Plateau to the south. Dobršnik Creek, which has its source below Hrušica Peak, flows through the western part of the settlement. The Hrušica Pasture ( or ''Hruška planina'', ) and Petelin Pasture () lie above Hrušica in the Karawanks.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 114–115.

History

In 1906 the two-rail track Karawanks railway tunnel was built at Hrušica and in 1991 the

road tunnel A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway. It is dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, or laid under water, and is usually completely enclosed except for the two portals common at each end, though there may be access and ve ...

was completed.

Mass graves

Hrušica is the site of three

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 exec ...

from the period immediately after the Second World War. All of the graves contain the remains of

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prisoners of war who were repatriated from Austria after the war and murdered. Each site contains the remains of an unknown number of victims. The Hrušica No. 56 Mass Grave () is located behind the house at Huršica no. 56. The Hrušica 1 Mass Grave () lies east of the house at Hrušica no. 83, and the Hrušica 2 Mass Grave () lies on the slope above it.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Hrušica include: * Stanko Klinar (1933–2023), translator and linguist *

Anže Kopitar Anže Kopitar (, born 24 August 1987) is a Slovenian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). The 11th overall pick in the 2005 NHL entry draft, Kopitar became the first Slovene ...

(born 1987), ice hockey player * Ivan Krivec (a.k.a. Pavle) (1906–1944),

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and communist party secretary

References

External links

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Hrušica on Geopediahistory, at Volunteer Firefighters of Hrušica
Populated places in the Municipality of Jesenice {{Jesenice-geo-stub