Tuncovec

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Tuncovec
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Tuncovec
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°14′26.24″N15°39′56.64″E / 46.2406222°N 15.6657333°E / 46.2406222; 15.6657333 Coordinates: 46°14′26.24″N15°39′56.64″E / 46.2406222°N 15.6657333°E / 46.2406222; 15.6657333
Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Savinja
Municipality Rogaška Slatina
Area
 • Total 1.29 km2 (0.50 sq mi)
Elevation 237.8 m (780.2 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 122
[1]

Tuncovec (pronounced  [ˈtuːntsɔʋəts] ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Rogaška Slatina in eastern Slovenia. It lies east of the town of Rogaška Slatina, between Spodnje Sečovo and Brezovec pri Rogatcu. The wider area around Rogaška Slatina was traditionally part of the region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. [2]

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Mass grave

Tuncovec is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Municipal Dump Mass Grave (Slovene : Grobišče pod komunalno deponijo) is located southeast of the settlement, between the local dump and a slope next to the former bed of Teršnica Creek. The grave contains an unknown number of Croatian refugees murdered in May 1945. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Rogaška Slatina municipal site
  3. ↑ Municipal Dump Mass Grave on Geopedia (in Slovene)


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