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]
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]