Cerovo, Grosuplje Explained

Official Name:Cerovo
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:right
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:Central Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Grosuplje
Area Total Km2:2.47
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:33
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.9239°N 14.6422°W
Elevation M:377.2
Footnotes:[1]

Cerovo (in Slovenian pronounced as /tsɛˈɾɔːʋɔ/ or in Slovenian pronounced as /tsɛˈɾoːʋɔ/; German: Zerou[2]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Grosuplje in central Slovenia. It lies in the hills south of Grosuplje in the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Mass grave

Cerovo is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Trontelj Shaft Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Trontljevo brezno) is located south of Cerovo, about 130 m southeast of Mayor Cave (Slovenian: Županova jama), also known as Tabor Cave (Slovenian: Taborska jama). It contains the remains of unidentified victims.[4]

Church

The local church, built in an isolated location south of the settlement, is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Parish of Št. Jurij pri Grosupljem. In its core it is a 13th-century Romanesque building that was restyled in the Baroque. It has a well-preserved late 15th-century defence wall, built as a refuge against Ottoman raids.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko . 1906 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 114.
  3. http://www.grosuplje.si Grosuplje municipal site
  4. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Trontljevo brezno . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . November 4, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
  5. Web site: EŠD 68 . Slovenian . Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage . Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia . 29 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120507052248/http://giskd2s.situla.org/rkd/Opis.asp?ESD=68&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 . 7 May 2012 .