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]
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]