Žvirče Explained

Official Name:Žvirče
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Lower Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Žužemberk
Area Total Km2:12.86
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:152
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.7829°N 14.8242°W
Elevation M:436.1
Footnotes:[1]

Žvirče (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʒʋiːɾtʃɛ/; German: Schwörz[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Žužemberk in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

History

Žvirče was burned several times by Italian forces during the Second World War. The school was burned in a Partisan attack in March 1943, and the village came under German aerial bombardment on 1 March 1944 and six villagers were killed.[4] At the end of 1944, six Partisans were killed and 11 wounded in an engagement with German forces. On 15 March 1945, the 15th division of the Yugoslav Partisans burned the village and evicted the population.[5] [6] [7]

Church

The former church in Žvirče was dedicated to John the Baptist and was dynamited by the Partisans on 15 March 1945.[8] A new church in Žvirče was built in 1972.[8] It is a chapel of ease dedicated to Maximilian Kolbe.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 174.
  3. http://www.zuzemberk.si/ Žužemberk municipal site
  4. http://www.zaveza.si/index.php/revija-zaveza/187-zaveza-t-62#index.xml-body.1_div.3_div.1 Maček, Janko. "Odmevi roških detonacij nad požganimi Žvirčami." Zaveza 62 (21 July)."
  5. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 549.
  6. http://www.zaveza.si/index.php/revija-zaveza/170-zaveza-t-14#index.xml-body.1_div.3_div.1 Stanovnik, Justin. 2011. "Vas na meji." Zaveza 14 (7 July).
  7. Kranjc, Joseph G. 2013. To Walk with the Devil. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, p. 204.
  8. http://www.zaveza.si/index.php/revija-zaveza/170-zaveza-t-14#index.xml-body.1_div.3_div.1_div.2 Stanovnik, Justin. 2011. "Vida Pugelj–Jevnikar." Zaveza 14 (7 July).
  9. http://www.druzina.si/ICD/spletnastran.nsf/zupnija/zupnija-hinje Parish of Hinje.