Hrušica, Jesenice Explained

Official Name:	Hrušica
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:	Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type2:	Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:	Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type3:	Municipality
Subdivision Name3:	Jesenice
Population As Of:	2002
Population Total:	1843
Population Blank1 Title:	Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:	Religions
Coordinates:	46.4459°N 14.013°W
Elevation M:	590.7
Footnotes:	^[1]

Hrušica (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈxɾuːʃitsa/, German: Birnbaum^[2]) is a settlement west of Jesenice along the main road to Kranjska Gora in the Municipality of Jesenice in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Geography

Hrušica lies above the left bank of the Sava River below Hrušica Peak (Slovenian: Hruški vrh, 1176m (3,858feet)) in the Karawanks to the north, and Mount Kisovec (1289m (4,229feet)) and the Mežakla Plateau to the south. Dobršnik Creek, which has its source below Hrušica Peak, flows through the western part of the settlement. The Hrušica Pasture (Slovenian: Hruševska planina or Hruška planina, 1207m (3,960feet)) and Petelin Pasture (1400m (4,600feet)) lie above Hrušica in the Karawanks.^[3]

History

In 1906 the 7976m (26,168feet) two-rail track Karawanks railway tunnel was built at Hrušica and in 1991 the 7864m (25,801feet) road tunnel was completed.

Mass graves

Hrušica is the site of three mass graves from the period immediately after the Second World War.^[4] All of the graves contain the remains of Home Guard prisoners of war that were repatriated from Austria after the war and murdered. Each site contains the remains of an unknown number of victims. The Hrušica No. 56 Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče za hišo Hrušica 56) is located behind the house at Huršica no. 56.^[5] The Hrušica 1 Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Hrušica 1) lies east of the house at Hrušica no. 83,^[6] and the Hrušica 2 Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Hrušica 2) lies on the slope above it.^[7]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Hrušica include:

• Stanko Klinar (1933–2023), translator and linguist
• Anže Kopitar (born 1987), ice hockey player
• Ivan Krivec (a.k.a. Pavle) (1906–1944), Partisan and communist party secretary^[3]

External links

• • Hrušica on Geopedia
• history, at Volunteer Firefighters of Hrušica

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 . 144.
3. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 114–115.
4. Dežman, Jože. 2009. Poročilo Komisije vlade Republike Slovenije za reševanje vprašanj prikritih grobišč: 2005-2008. Ljubljana: Družina, p. 1909.
5. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče za hišo Hrušica 56 . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . November 22, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
6. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Hrušica 1 . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . November 22, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
7. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Hrušica 2 . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . November 22, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.