Pečje () is a settlement in the

Municipality of Sevnica The Municipality of Sevnica () is a municipality along the Sava and the Mirna Rivers in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Sevnica. Today it is part of the Lower Sava Statistical Region. It is the 12th-largest mu ...

in central

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. It lies just east of Sevnica above the left bank of the

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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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Mass graves

Pečje is the site of two known

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associated with the Second World War. The Lončarjev Dol 1 and 2 mass graves () are located southeast of the settlement, south of the neighboring village of

Lončarjev Dol Lončarjev Dol () is a settlement in the hills east of Sevnica in east-central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Styria. The entire Municipality of Sevnica is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region The Lower Sava S ...

. The first grave lies in a meadow on the edge of the woods west of the house at Pečje no. 32 and contains the remains of 20 to 30 Ustaša soldiers. The second grave is on the edge of a copse on the east side of the road.

Church

The local

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is dedicated to Saint Margaret () and belongs to the Parish of Sevnica. It was originally a Gothic building that was heavily rebuilt and restyled in the

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in the 17th century and again in the 19th century.

References

External links

Pečje on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Sevnica {{Sevnica-geo-stub