Kal–Koritnica (; , ) is a village in the

Municipality of Bovec The Municipality of Bovec ( or ; ) is a municipality in northwestern Slovenia. Its center is the town of Bovec. , its mayor is Valter Mlekuž. Geography The northern parts of the municipality up the Trenta Valley to the peaks of Mts. Mangart, J ...

in the

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region of

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Geography

Kal–Koritnica stands on a sun-exposed

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below Mount Svinjak to the northeast and above the confluence of the

Soča Soča (, in Slovene) or Isonzo (, in Italian; other names: ; ; or ') is a long river that flows through western Slovenia () and northeastern Italy (). An Alpine river in character, its source lies in the Trenta Valley in the Julian Alps ...

and Koritnica rivers to the southwest. In addition to the village's double core of Kal (to the east) and Koritnica (to the west), it also contains the outlying hamlets of Pri Kukču, Čerče, Kolovrat, and Malnik (from north to south).

History

There is a monument to Partisans killed in what was one of the worst battles in the Bovec area during the

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. This took place on 26 April 1943 on the Golobar

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, when

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surrounded the gathered Partisans and 42 soldiers died in the crossfire. Their bodies were taken into the village to the place where the monument stands today and later transported to Bovec, where they were buried in a mass grave at the local

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References

External links

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Kal–Koritnica on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Bovec Populated places in the Soča Valley {{Bovec-geo-stub