Račice, Ilirska Bistrica Explained

Official Name:Račice
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Littoral–Inner Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Ilirska Bistrica
Area Total Km2:11.94
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:160
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.5134°N 14.1615°W
Elevation M:586.4
Footnotes:[1]

Račice (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈɾaːtʃitsɛ/; Italian: Racizze) is a village southeast of Podgrad in the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia.[2]

Unmarked grave

Račice is the site of an unmarked grave from the end of the Second World War. The Gradac Grave (Slovenian: Grob Gradac) is located northwest of the village and contains the remains of a German soldier from the 97th Corps that fell at the beginning of May 1945.[3]

Church

The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Roch and belongs to the Parish of Podgrad.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.ilirska-bistrica.si Ilirska Bistrica municipal site
  3. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grob Gradac . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . November 12, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
  4. http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Koper Diocese list of churches