Official Name: | Retje |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southeast Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Loški Potok |
Area Total Km2: | 12.88 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 375 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.7108°N 14.5791°W |
Elevation M: | 723.2 |
Postal Code: | 1318 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Retje (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈɾeːtjɛ/) is a village in the Municipality of Loški Potok in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]
Retje is the site of two known mass graves associated with the Second World War. The Bezelj 1 Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče pri Bezlju 1) is located in the woods northeast of the village, east of the road to Sodražica. It contains the remains of five German prisoners of war that were brought from Mali Log and murdered here.[3] The Bezelj 2 Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče pri Bezlju 2) lies east of the first grave. It contains the remains of two Home Guard soldiers and three Russian Liberation Army soldiers.[4]
The local church, built on an isolated spot further up the valley northwest of the main settlement, is dedicated to Saint Florian and belongs to the parish of Loški Potok. It is a Baroque building dating to the late 17th or early 18th century. It has an octagonal floor plan. The portal bears the date 1786, but this is most likely the date of its restoration.[5]