Official Name: | Lehen na Pohorju |
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: | Styria |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Carinthia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Podvelka |
Area Total Km2: | 8.49 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 183 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.5446°N 15.3285°W |
Elevation M: | 486.7 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Lehen na Pohorju (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈlèːxən na ˈpóːxɔɾju/) is a dispersed settlement in the Pohorje Hills in the Municipality of Podvelka in Slovenia.[2]
Lehen na Pohorju is the site of a mass grave from the Second World War. The Lehen Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Lehen) is located above the Urbanc farm, at Lehen na Pohorju no. 17. It contains the remains of eight Slovene civilians. They had sought to join a local Partisan unit, but were accused of being spies. The Partisans tortured and then murdered the victims on 4 January 1944, and burned their bodies. The local people collected the remains and buried them in the forest above the house.[3]