Kralji Explained

Official Name:Kralji
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:top
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:Kočevje
Area Total Km2:3.88
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:12
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.5376°N 15.0356°W
Elevation M:492.4
Postal Code:8342
Footnotes:[1]

Kralji (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈkɾaːlji/; in older sources also Kralje,[2] German: Wertatsch[2]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Mass grave

Kralji is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Lower Videm Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče pod Vidmom) lies in the woods about 220m (720feet) south of the church in the hamlet of Videm in the neighboring settlement of Knežja Lipa. It contains the remains of unidentified victims.[4]

Church

The local church was a 17th-century pilgrimage church on a hill south of the settlement dedicated to the Prophet Elijah. It was burned down in a fire before the Second World War and was not rebuilt.[5]

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. 4.
  3. http://www.obcinakocevje.si/ Kočevje municipal site
  4. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče pod Vidmom . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . November 26, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
  5. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage