Lukanja Explained

Official Name:Lukanja
Settlement Type:Village
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:Drava
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Slovenska Bistrica
Area Total Km2:22.24
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:85
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.4411°N 15.3947°W
Elevation M:884.8
Footnotes:[1]

Lukanja (in Slovenian pronounced as /luˈkaːnja/) is a dispersed settlement in the Pohorje Hills in the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica in northeastern Slovenia. Some of the Rogla ski resort facilities extend into the territory of Lukanja. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]

Mass grave

Lukanja is the site of a mass grave from the Second World War. The Lukanja Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Lukanja) is located on a steep slope about 160m (530feet) south of the peak of Mount Gradišče. It contains the remains of 40 German soldiers killed by an unknown Partisan unit in the summer of 1944.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.slovenska-bistrica.si/ Slovenska Bistrica municipal site
  3. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Lukanja . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . October 31, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.