Ravenska Vas

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Ravenska Vas
Sveti Urh (until 1955)
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Ravenska Vas
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°8′2.94″N15°1′8.49″E / 46.1341500°N 15.0190250°E / 46.1341500; 15.0190250 Coordinates: 46°8′2.94″N15°1′8.49″E / 46.1341500°N 15.0190250°E / 46.1341500; 15.0190250
Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Central Sava
Municipality Zagorje ob Savi
Area
 • Total 4.41 km2 (1.70 sq mi)
Elevation 423.9 m (1,390.7 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 214
[1]

Ravenska Vas (pronounced  [ɾaˈʋeːnska ˈʋaːs] or [ˈɾaːʋɛnska ˈʋaːs] ; Slovene : Ravenska vas, formerly Sveti Urh, [2] German : Sankt Ulrich [2] ) is a settlement immediately east and southeast of Zagorje ob Savi in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region. [3]

Slovene language language spoken in Slovenia

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Zagorje ob Savi Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia

Zagorje ob Savi is a town in the Central Sava Valley in central Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi. It is located in the valley of Medija Creek, a minor left tributary of the Sava River, 52 km (32 mi) east of Ljubljana 36 km (22 mi) southwest of Celje, and 6 km (4 mi) west of Trbovlje. Traditionally the area was part of the Upper Carniola region. The entire municipality is now included in the Central Sava Statistical Region. The town is home to about 7,000 people. It includes the hamlets of Toplice and Podvine.

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Urh (literally, 'Saint Ulrich') to Ravenska vas (literally, 'level village') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. [4] [5] [6]

Mass graves

Ravenska Vas is the site of five known mass graves associated with the Second World War. They all contain the remains of unidentified victims. The Snežet Mass Grave (Slovene : Grobišče Snežet) is located in the woods 500 m south of the house at Ravenska Vas no. 38. [7] The Birch Mass Grave (Grobišče Pod brezo) is located in the woods 300 m east of the house at Ravenska Vas no. 39. [8] The Ravenska Vas 1–3 mass graves (Grobišče Ravenska vas 1–3) are located in a meadow on the edge of the woods. [9] [10] [11]

Mass graves in Slovenia

Mass graves in Slovenia were created in Slovenia as the result of extrajudicial killings during and after the Second World War. They are known as "concealed mass graves" or "silenced mass graves" because their existence was concealed under the communist regime from 1945 to 1990.

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Ulrich (Slovene : sveti Urh) and belongs to the Parish of Zagorje ob Savi. It dates to the late 16th century and was restyled in the Baroque in the late 18th century. [12]

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Ulrich of Augsburg German bishop and saint

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Sveti Urh may refer to several places in Slovenia:

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 96.
  3. ↑ Zagorje ob Savi municipal site
  4. ↑ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. ↑ Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
  6. ↑ Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
  7. ↑ Snežet Mass Grave on Geopedia (in Slovene)
  8. ↑ Birch Mass Grave on Geopedia (in Slovene)
  9. ↑ Ravenska Vas 1 Mass Grave on Geopedia (in Slovene)
  10. ↑ Ravenska Vas 2 Mass Grave on Geopedia (in Slovene)
  11. ↑ Ravenska Vas 3 Mass Grave on Geopedia (in Slovene)
  12. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2691
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