Kozarišče (, in older sources ''Kozaršče'', , ) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

south of

Stari Trg pri Ložu Stari Trg pri Ložu (; , , ) is a settlement and the administrative seat of the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Geography The territory of Stari Trg pri Ložu includes the former hamlet of Breg () on the rig ...

in the

Municipality of Loška Dolina The Municipality of Loška Dolina (; ) is a municipality in Slovenia. It is part of the Inner Carniola traditional region. Snežnik Castle and Cross Cave are located in the municipality. Its municipal seat is the town of Stari Trg pri Ložu. It b ...

in the

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region of

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. The area of the village extends south of the main settlement right to the Snežnik Plateau and to the border with

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Snežnik Castle Snežnik Castle (, ) is a 13th-century castle located in the southwest part of the Lož Valley near the settlement of Kozarišče in the municipality of Loška Dolina, Slovenia. Its name is coincidentally identical to a univerbation based on ...

, a 13th-century

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, is located just southwest of the village.

Church

The local church in the settlement dates to the mid-16th century and is dedicated to

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and belong to the

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of Stari Trg pri Ložu.

Mass graves

Kozarišče is the site of two known

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associated with the Second World War. The Kozlovka Cave Mass Grave () is located in a spruce woods along the road from Kozarišče to Knežak. It is a deep shaft that contains the remains of Slovene anticommunist militia members. The Grobnica Mass Grave () is located in the forest southwest of the settlement. It contains an undetermined number of victims.

References

External links

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Kozarišče on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Loška Dolina {{LoškaDolina-geo-stub