Official Name: | Poljana |
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: | Carinthia |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Carinthia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Prevalje |
Area Total Km2: | 2.31 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 139 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.5444°N 14.8737°W |
Elevation M: | 446.2 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Poljana (in Slovenian pronounced as /pɔˈljaːna/) is a settlement on the left bank of the Meža River in the Municipality of Prevalje in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia, close to the border with Austria.[2]
Poljana was the site of the Battle of Poljana in May 1945, the last significant clash of arms of World War II in the European theater.
Poljana is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Poljana Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Poljana) is located southwest of the village, between the road and the Meža River. It contains the remains of an undetermined number of Croatian soldiers killed in the Battle of Poljana and possibly also civilians that were liquidated after the surrender on 15 May 1945.[3]
The local church is dedicated to John the Baptist. It dates to the early 14th century and is an early Gothic church preserved with very few adaptations. Its internal furnishings date to 1640. It belongs to the Parish of Prevalje.[4]