Krvava Peč

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Krvava Peč
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Krvava Peč
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°51′50.09″N14°30′50.14″E / 45.8639139°N 14.5139278°E / 45.8639139; 14.5139278 Coordinates: 45°51′50.09″N14°30′50.14″E / 45.8639139°N 14.5139278°E / 45.8639139; 14.5139278
Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Central Slovenia
Municipality Velike Lašče
Area
 • Total 6.4 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Elevation 731.9 m (2,401.2 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 26
[1]

Krvava Peč (pronounced  [kəɾˈʋaːʋa ˈpeːtʃ] ; German : Blutigenstein [2] ) is a village in the hills west of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The entire Municipality of Velike Lašče is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. [3]

German language West Germanic language

German is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol (Italy), the German-speaking Community of Belgium, and Liechtenstein. It is also one of the three official languages of Luxembourg and a co-official language in the Opole Voivodeship in Poland. The languages which are most similar to German are the other members of the West Germanic language branch: Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German/Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, and Yiddish. There are also strong similarities in vocabulary with Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, although those belong to the North Germanic group. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language, after English.

Village Small clustered human settlement smaller than a town

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.

Velike Lašče Place in Lower Carniola, Slovenia

Velike Lašče is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Velike Lašče. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

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Name

The name Krvava Peč literally means 'bloody cliff'. The name of the settlement was originally Rožna vas. The current name is said to be based on an incident during an Ottoman attack in which the attackers threw two girls over a nearby cliff to their deaths in the Iška Gorge. [4] In the past the German name was Blutigenstein (literally, 'bloody stone'). [2]

The Ottoman wars in Europe were a series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states dating from the Late Middle Ages up through the early 20th century. The earliest conflicts began during the Byzantine–Ottoman wars, waged in Anatolia in the late 13th century before entering Europe in the mid 14th century, followed by the Bulgarian–Ottoman wars and the Serbian–Ottoman wars waged beginning in the mid 14th century. Much of this period was characterized by Ottoman expansion into the Balkans. The Ottoman Empire made further inroads into Central Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries, culminating in the peak of Ottoman territorial claims in Europe.

Iška river in Slovenia

The Iška is a river of central Slovenia. Part of the river valley—the Iška Gorge or Iška Canyon —separates Lower Carniola from Inner Carniola. The river is 31 km (19 mi) long. After flowing past Strahomer, the river follows an almost straight line and joins the Ljubljanica River, and therefore belongs to the Sava and Black Sea basins.

History

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Veterans' lodge

All of the houses in the village burned in 1914 because of a fire started by children. A school was established in 1927. The village was burned by Italian forces during the Second World War on 22 March 1942. After some renovations, the village was burned again on 8 August 1942 and all of the men were arrested and sent to an Italian concentration camp. [4]

During the Ten-Day War in 1991, Krvava Peč served as a collection center for deserters from the Yugoslav Army, including soldiers, NCOs, and officers. The center was overseen by the 63rd Independent Company. Access to the area was controlled by a Slovenian roadblock at Purkače. The building that was used as the headquarters for the collection center is now a lodge operated by the Union of Veterans for the War for Slovenia (ZVVS). [5]

Ten-Day War civil war in Yugoslavia following the Slovenian declaration of independence on 25 June 1991

The Ten-Day War, or the Slovenian Independence War, was a brief conflict that followed the Slovenian declaration of independence on 25 June 1991. It was fought between the Slovenian Territorial Defence and the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). It lasted from 27 June 1991 until 7 July 1991, when the Brioni Accords were signed. It marked the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars.

Purkače Place in Lower Carniola, Slovenia

Purkače is a small settlement just north of the road from Rob to Krvava Peč in the Municipality of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The entire municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.

Church

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View from west
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Fresco remnant
Saint Leonard's Church

The local church, on a small hill southwest of the settlement, is dedicated to Saint Leonard and belongs to the Parish of Rob. It is a 16th-century Gothic building with surviving wall paintings. The Baroque belfry was added in 1667. [6]

Church (building) building constructed for Christian worship

A church building or church house, often simply called a church, is a building used for Christian religious activities, particularly for Christian worship services. The term is often used by Christians to refer to the physical buildings where they worship, but it is sometimes used to refer to buildings of other religions. In traditional Christian architecture, the church is often arranged in the shape of a Christian cross. When viewed from plan view the longest part of a cross is represented by the aisle and the junction of the cross is located at the altar area.

Leonard of Noblac Frankish saint

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A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church. Historically, a parish often covered the same geographical area as a manor. Its association with the parish church remains paramount.

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References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 44.
  3. ↑ Velike Lašče municipal site
  4. 1 2 Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 416–417.
  5. ↑ Hočevar, Dušan. Pohod po poteh Velikolaške čete – veteranska pot. Information sign posted in Krvava Peč. Municipality of Velike Lašče.
  6. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine . reference number ešd 2232


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