Kvasica Explained

Official Name:Kvasica
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:White Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Črnomelj
Area Total Km2:2.14
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:51
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.5409°N 15.1606°W
Elevation M:160.6
Postal Code:8343
Footnotes:[1]

Kvasica (in Slovenian pronounced as /kʋaˈsiːtsa/; German: Quasitza[2]) is a settlement on the main road from Črnomelj to Dragatuš in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

History

Two stone axes have been found near the village, testifying to ancient settlements in the area.[4] During the Second World War, a Romani school operated at the former dairy in Kvasica, attended by children from Kanižarica. It was active for only a few months,[4] until the population was massacred by a Partisan unit at Rožič Vrh in the summer of 1942.[5] [6] The Partisans attacked and destroyed an Italian military convoy south of the village on 22 September 1942. A monument to the attack was unveiled in 1959.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 48.
  3. http://www.crnomelj.si/ Črnomelj municipal site
  4. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2 . 1971 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 43.
  5. http://www.zaveza.si/index.php/revija-zaveza/101-zaveza-t-43 "Genocid nad Cigani na Blokah in v Iški." 2010. Zaveza 43 (25 February).
  6. Polič, Radko. 1975. Belokranjski odred. Ljubljana: Partizanska knjiga, p. 238.