Šmartno pri Slovenj Gradcu explained

Official Name:Šmartno pri Slovenj Gradcu
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Carinthia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Slovenj Gradec
Area Total Km2:5.86
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:1257
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.4909°N 15.1077°W
Elevation M:440.5
Footnotes:[1]

Šmartno pri Slovenj Gradcu (pronounced as /sl/; sometimes Šmartno pri Slovenjem Gradcu[2] [3]) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Slovenj Gradec in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Carinthia Statistical Region.[4]

Church

The parish church from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saint Martin and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1106.[5] A second church on Homec Hill west of the settlement is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and was built in the 17th century.[6]

Mass graves

Šmartno pri Slovenj Gradcu is the site of two known mass graves from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Gortnar Shrine Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče pri Gortnarjevi kapelici) lies northwest of the settlement, behind the Gortnar chapel-shrine. It measures 12mby4mm (39feetby13feetm) and contains the remains of 30 to 36 people, probably Ustaša soldiers, who were killed while fleeing toward the Austrian border between 10 and 15 May 1945.[7] The House No. 143 Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče pri hiši 143), also known as the Homšnica Creek by the Klemen Farm Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče ob Homšnici pri Klemenu), is located next to the road southwest of the house at Šmartno pri Slovenj Gradcu no. 143. The ground is visibly sunken at the site. It contains the remains of 10 people killed while fleeing toward the Austrian border between 10 and 15 May 1945.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SURS. www.stat.si.
  2. Book: Jakopin . Franc . Korošec . Tomo . Logar . Tine . Rigler . Jakob . Savnik . Roman . Suhadolnik . Stane . Slovenska krajevna imena . 1985 . Cankarjeva založba . Ljubljana . 292.
  3. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenij, vol. 4. . 1980 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 516.
  4. http://www.slovenj-gradec.si Slovenj Gradec municipal site
  5. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
  6. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
  7. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče pri Gortnarjevi kapelici . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . October 11, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
  8. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče pri hiši 143 . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . October 11, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.