Novo Tepanje Explained

Official Name:Novo Tepanje
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:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Savinja
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Slovenske Konjice
Area Total Km2:1.2
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:80
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.3502°N 15.4826°W
Elevation M:292.1
Footnotes:[1]

Novo Tepanje (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈnɔːʋɔ ˈteːpanjɛ/) is a settlement in the Municipality of Slovenske Konjice in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the regional road from Slovenske Konjice to Slovenska Bistrica on the left bank of Oplotnica Creek, a left tributary of the Dravinja River. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]

Mass graves

Novo Tepanje is the site of two known mass graves from the end of the Second World War and later. The Mirnik Woods Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Mirnikov gozd) is located 1km (01miles) north of the settlement, in a small woods between the Solar and Potočnik farms. The grave contains the remains of Gottschee Germans and Slovene civilians from Slovenske Konjice that were murdered at the end of the war and after the war.[3] The Mirnik Woods 2 Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Mirnikov gozd 2) is located southeast of the first grave, 30m (100feet) from the edge of the woods below a dead oak tree with peeling bark. It contains the remains of victims (probably Gottschee Germans) that were murdered in May 1945.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.slovenskekonjice.si Slovenske Konjice municipal site
  3. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Mirnikov gozd . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . October 29, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
  4. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Mirnikov gozd 2 . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . April 26, 2020 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.