Official Name: | Mrtvice |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Lower Sava |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Krško |
Area Total Km2: | 3.64 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 208 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.9143°N 15.5155°W |
Elevation M: | 154.6 |
Postal Code: | 8273 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Mrtvice (in Slovenian pronounced as /məɾˈtʋiːtsɛ/) is a village east of Drnovo in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[2]
Mrtvice is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Mrtvice Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Mrtvice) is located in mixed woods and meadows 550m (1,800feet) north of the settlement, at a crossroads on the gravel road towards the Sava River. It contains the remains of over 100 civilians and Croatian soldiers.[3]
A number of Roman graves have been found in the area, indicating the eastern extent of the necropolis of the nearby Roman town of Neviodunum.[4]
There is a small open chapel-shrine in the settlement. It was built in 1926.[5]