Gradišče, Slovenj Gradec Explained

Official Name:Gradišče
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Carinthia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Slovenj Gradec
Area Total Km2:5.5
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:310
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.5196°N 15.1155°W
Elevation M:676.5
Footnotes:[1]

Gradišče (pronounced as /sl/) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Slovenj Gradec in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Carinthia Statistical Region.[2]

Mass graves

Gradišče is the site of two known mass graves from the period immediately after the Second World War. Both graves are located in the western part of the settlement, in the northern outskirts of Slovenj Gradec, and contain the remains of Croatians that were traveling toward the Austrian border and killed between 10 and 15 May 1945. The Troblje Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Troblje) is located on the east side of the road to Dravograd, near a shrine next to a ditch with a creek that flows into the Mislinja River. It is a former antitank trench that contains the remains of an unknown number victims.[3] The Tretjak Farm Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče na domačiji Tretjak) is located on the Tretjak farm at Gradišče no. 6. It contains the remains of 12 victims.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.slovenj-gradec.si Slovenj Gradec municipal site
  3. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Troblje . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . October 25, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
  4. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče na domačiji Tretjak . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . October 25, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.