Brezovica pri Borovnici
Brezovica pri Borovnici | |
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Coordinates: 45°54′9.45″N 14°23′11.91″E / 45.9026250°N 14.3866417°E | |
Country | Slovenia |
Traditional region | Inner Carniola |
Statistical region | Central Slovenia |
Municipality | Borovnica |
Area | |
• Total | 11.37 km2 (4.39 sq mi) |
Elevation | 312.3 m (1,024.6 ft) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 222 |
• Density | 20/km2 (51/sq mi) |
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Brezovica pri Borovnici (pronounced [ˈbɾéːzɔʋitsa pɾi bɔɾɔwˈnìːtsi]; German: Bresowitz[2]) is a settlement south of Borovnica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3] The settlement includes the hamlets of Kapitov Grič, Prod, and Vrbljene.[4]
Geography
Brezovica is a clustered village at the southeast end of the Borovnica Valley. It lies along Prušnica Creek and its tributaries: Šumik Creek, which flows from below Krimšček Hill (941 m), and Izber Creek. The soil is sandy and partially loamy.[4]
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from Brezovica to Brezovica pri Borovnici (literally, 'Brezovica near Borovnica') in 1955.
History
In 1884, Brezovica had a population of 180 people living in 29 houses.[7] The population remained relatively stable for decades, with 173 people in 32 houses in 1900,[2] and 181 people in 28 houses in 1961.[4]
In 1942, the regional committee of the Communist Party of Slovenia took up positions in a bunker along Šumnik Creek north of Brezovica pri Borovnici. The bunker was attacked by
Mass grave
Brezovica pri Borovnici is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Krim Cave Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Krimska jama) lies in the woods south of the settlement. It contains the remains of an unknown number of Slovene civilians from neighboring villages murdered by a battalion of the Partisan Krim Detachment in 1942.[9] Some sources estimate the number of victims to be around 300.[10] The cave was used during the war by the Partisan Ljubo Šercer Battalion[11] to dispose of other victims liquidated by the Partisans.[12] It was investigated by Home Guard forces on 9 September 1942, and again with a journalist and a photographer on 23 March 1945, confirming the presence of human remains in the cave.[13][14] After the war, the entrance to the cave was dynamited in 1947, and again in September 1948.[13]
Gallery
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Main settlement and hamlet of Prod
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Hamlet of Vrbljene
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ a b c Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 116.
- ^ Borovnica municipal site
- ^ a b c Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 449.
- ^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
- ^ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 80.
- ^ Special.Orts-Reportorium von Krain. 1884. Vienna: Alfred Hölder, p. 66.
- ^ Jakopič, Albert, & Franc Benedik. 1968. Vodnik po partizanskih poteh. Ljubljana: Borec, p. 323.
- ^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Krimska jama". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- ^ Javornik, Mirko. 1944. Črne bukve: o delu komunistične osvobodilne fronte proti slovenskemu narodu. Ljubljana: Slovenski dom, p. 69.
- ^ Debevec, Damjan. "O pietetni ureditvi množičnega grobišča Krimska jama." (in Slovene)
- ^ "Rešenci z vlaka in Krimska jama." Zaveza (25 June 2012) Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovene)
- ^ a b "Krimska jama – simbol revolucije." Zaveza 25 (15 June 2011). Archived June 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Slovene)
- ^ "Krimska jama." (maps, photos) (in Slovene)
External links
- Media related to Brezovica pri Borovnici at Wikimedia Commons
- Brezovica pri Borovnici on Geopedia