Križna Gora Explained

Official Name:Križna Gora
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:Škofja Loka
Area Total Km2:2.41
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:102
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.1976°N 14.2757°W
Elevation M:680.7
Footnotes:[1]

Križna Gora (pronounced as /sl/; German: Kreuzberg[2]) is a small settlement northwest of Škofja Loka in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Mass graves

Križna Gora is the site of a mass grave and an unmarked grave from the Second World War. The Gorge Peak Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Vrh Soteske) lies in a sinkhole in the woods about 500m (1,600feet) south of Holy Cross Church. It contains the remains of a family of four from Kranj that was murdered by the Partisans during the war.[3] The Križna Gora Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Križna Gora) lies on a steep slope west of the house at Križna Gora no. 22. It contains the remains of a local female civilian that was shot by Partisan political activists.[4]

Church

The local church on a hill above the settlement is dedicated to the Holy Cross and was built around 1500. It contains many well-preserved frescos from 1502 that depict the legends of Saint Ulrich, to whom the church was dedicated until 1867, and of Saint Corbinian. Some of the frescos in the nave, dating to around 1530,[5] are believed to be by Jernej of Loka. The hill with the church is a popular destination for short outings by locals.[6]

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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. 62.
  3. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Vrh Soteske . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . November 11, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
  4. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Križna Gora . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . November 11, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
  5. http://www.uradni-list.si/1/content?id=25720 Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia 19 May 2000, declaring the church to be a cultural monument of national importance
  6. http://www.skofjaloka.info/index.php?page=znokolice1&meni=pm&lang=si Škofja Loka Tourist Association site