Mislinjska Dobrava Explained

Official Name:Mislinjska Dobrava
Other Name:Dobrava (until 1953)
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:Slovenj Gradec
Area Total Km2:6.97
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:679
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.4545°N 15.1427°W
Elevation M:522.2
Footnotes:[1]

Mislinjska Dobrava (pronounced as /sl/) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Slovenj Gradec in northern Slovenia. It lies in the Mislinja Valley southeast of the town of Slovenj Gradec. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Carinthia Statistical Region.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Dobrava to Mislinjska Dobrava in 1953.[3]

Mass grave

Mislinjska Dobrava is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Mislinjska Dobrava Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Mislinjska Dobrava) is located in a small woods in the middle of the settlement, 100m (300feet) from the road from Mislinja to Slovenj Gradec. It contains the remains of Croatian soldiers or Cossacks killed in May 1945.[4]

Cultural heritage

Remains of the Roman road from Celea to Virunum, which ran through the Mislinja Valley, have been identified near the settlement.[5]

Airport

Slovenj Gradec Airport is a small airport located in the northern part of Mislinjska Dobrava.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.slovenj-gradec.si Slovenj Gradec municipal site
  3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  4. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Mislinjska Dobrava . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . October 26, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
  5. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage