Raduše Explained

Official Name:Raduše
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:Carinthia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Slovenj Gradec
Area Total Km2:6.96
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:226
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.4795°N 15.0577°W
Elevation M:459.2
Footnotes:[1]

Raduše (pronounced as /sl/) is a dispersed settlement in the City Municipality of Slovenj Gradec in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Carinthia Statistical Region.[2]

Mass grave

Raduše is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Žančani Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Žančani) is located in the woods north of the settlement. It measures 90m (300feet) long by 6mto8mm (20feetto26feetm) wide and contains the remains of Croatian soldiers, and Slovene and German civilians murdered around 20 May 1945.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.slovenj-gradec.si Slovenj Gradec municipal site
  3. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Žančani . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . October 13, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.