Dovže

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Dovže
Village
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Dovže
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°27′44.1″N15°9′56.23″E / 46.462250°N 15.1656194°E / 46.462250; 15.1656194
Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional region Carinthia
Statistical region Carinthia
Municipality Mislinja
Area
  Total2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Elevation
577.8 m (1,895.7 ft)
Population
 (2002)
  Total349
[1]

Dovže (pronounced [ˈdoːu̯ʒɛ] ) is a village in the Municipality of Mislinja in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Carinthia. It is now included in the Carinthia Statistical Region. [2]

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Geography

Dovže lies between the right bank of the Mislinja River and the foothills of the Pohorje Massif below the Razborca Ridge (965 meters or 3,166 feet) on an alluvial fan mostly consisting of gravel above Tertiary clay and loam. It includes the hamlets of Spodnje Dovže (literally, 'lower Dovže') at the lower edge of the fan and Zgornje Dovže (literally, 'upper Dovže') at the confluence of Dovžanka and Turičnica creeks. The soil is relatively fertile, and has a heavy loam consistency in places. Most of the gravelly terrace is covered by tilled fields. Coniferous woods stand to the northwest towards Brda. [3]

Name

Dovže was first attested in written sources in 1318 as Dolsach (and as Dolzach in 1336 and Dolsach in 1452). The name is derived from the plural demonym *Dolžane, presumably derived from an earlier toponym such as *Dolgo selo or *Dolga vas (both 'long village') or *Dolgo polje 'long field'. [4]

Church

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Saint Ulrich's Church in Dovže

The local church is dedicated to Saint Ulrich (Slovene : sveti Urh) and belongs to the Parish of Šentilj pod Turjakom. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1336. Some of the original building is preserved in the southern wall of the nave, but most of the rest of the current building dates to the early 18th century. [5]

Mass grave

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The Jevšnik Farm Shrine Mass Grave

Dovže is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Jevšnik Farm Shrine Mass Grave (Slovene : Grobišče ob kapelici pri domačiji Jevšnik) is located east of a chapel-shrine and west of the nearby Jevšnik farm. It contains the remains of three unknown victims killed between 10 and 15 May 1945. [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. "Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia". Archived from the original on 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  2. "Mislinja municipal site". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  3. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1980. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 4. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 501–502.
  4. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 120.
  5. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived 2010-07-12 at the Wayback Machine reference number ešd 3018
  6. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče ob kapelici pri domačiji Jevšnik". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Archived from the original on June 20, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  7. Dežman, Jože. 2009. Poročilo Komisije vlade Republike Slovenije za reševanje vprašanj prikritih grobišč: 2005-2008. Ljubljana: Družina.
  8. Ferenc, Mitja, & Ksenija Kovačec-Naglič. 2005. Prikrito in očem zakrito: prikrita grobišča 60 let po koncu druge svetovne vojne. Celje: Muzej novejše zgodovine Celje, p. 116.