Krvava Peč Explained

Official Name:Krvava Peč
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:Velike Lašče
Area Total Km2:6.4
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:26
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.8639°N 14.5139°W
Elevation M:731.9
Postal Code:1315
Footnotes:[1]

Krvava Peč (in Slovenian pronounced as /kəɾˈʋaːʋa ˈpeːtʃ/; German: Blutigenstein[2]) is a village in the hills west of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The entire Municipality of Velike Lašče is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The name Krvava Peč literally means 'bloody cliff'. The name of the settlement was originally Rožna vas. The current name is said to be based on an incident during an Ottoman attack in which the attackers threw two girls over a nearby cliff to their deaths in the Iška Gorge.[4] In the past the German name was Blutigenstein (literally, 'bloody stone').[2]

History

All of the houses in the village burned in 1914 because of a fire started by children. A school was established in 1927. The village was burned by Italian forces during the Second World War on 22 March 1942. After some renovations, the village was burned again on 8 August 1942 and all of the men were arrested and sent to an Italian concentration camp.[4]

During the Ten-Day War in 1991, Krvava Peč served as a collection center for deserters from the Yugoslav Army, including soldiers, NCOs, and officers. The center was overseen by the 63rd Independent Company. Access to the area was controlled by a Slovenian roadblock at Purkače. The building that was used as the headquarters for the collection center is now a lodge operated by the Union of Veterans of the War for Slovenia (ZVVS).[5]

Church

The local church, on a small hill southwest of the settlement, is dedicated to Saint Leonard and belongs to the Parish of Rob. It is a 16th-century Gothic building with surviving wall paintings. The Baroque belfry was added in 1667.[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. 44.
  3. http://www.velike-lasce.si/ Velike Lašče municipal site
  4. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 416–417.
  5. Hočevar, Dušan. Pohod po poteh Velikolaške čete – veteranska pot. Information sign posted in Krvava Peč. Municipality of Velike Lašče.
  6. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage