Medvedjek (; in older sources also ''Medvešček'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 99. ) is a settlement east of

Veliki Gaber Veliki Gaber (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 98.) is a village in the Municipality of Trebnje in eastern Slovenia. It lies just no ...

in the

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in eastern

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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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History

Medvedjek - armoured fighting vehicle BOV-3

On 28 June 1991 during the

Slovenian Independence War The Ten-Day War (), or the Slovenian War of Independence (), was a brief armed conflict that followed Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991. It was fought between the Slovenian Territorial Defence together wi ...

Yugoslav People's Army The Yugoslav People's Army (JNA/; Macedonian language, Macedonian, Montenegrin language, Montenegrin and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian language, Croatian and ; , J ...

tank column came under attack at a truck barricade at Medvedjek. Six truck drivers were killed in an air raid that followed. In 1993 a monument to commemorate the events was unveiled at the site. Medvedjek was a hamlet of

until 1992, when it was administratively separated and made an independent settlement.

Cultural heritage

The

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crosses the settlement's territory. When it was being built in the early 1980s an

Iron Age The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...

and Roman-period

burial ground A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many dead people are buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ) implies th ...

was uncovered and partially excavated.

References

External links

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Medvedjek on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Trebnje {{Trebnje-geo-stub