Pokoše Explained

Official Name:Pokoše
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 Km2:4.39
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:205
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.4162°N 15.6089°W
Elevation M:313.1
Footnotes:[1]

Pokoše (in Slovenian pronounced as /pɔˈkoːʃɛ/) is a village northeast of Slovenska Bistrica in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]

Mass grave

Pokoše is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Velenik Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Velenik) is located about 600m (2,000feet) east of the north freeway exit for Slovenska Bistrica. It contains the remains of civilians from Slovenska Bistrica that were murdered in May 1945 and buried in a former antitank trench.[3]

Cultural heritage

A number of Roman era burial mounds have been identified in the Velenik area south of the main settlement.[4]

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 Velenik . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . November 20, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage