| Official Name: | Strmica |
| 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: | Inner Carniola |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Vrhnika |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.68 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 45.9518°N 14.2702°W |
| Elevation M: | 483.3 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Strmica (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈstəɾmitsa/) is a small settlement in the hills west of Vrhnika in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[2]
The name Strmica was originally an oronym referring to Strmica Hill (626 m) southwest of the settlement. It probably originally had the form *Strьma(ja) gora (literally, 'steep mountain') and was later univerbized to Strmica (literally, 'the steep one').[3]
Strmica is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Strmica Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče pod Strmico), also known as the Zakovšek Woods below Strmica Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče v Zakovškem gozdu pod Strmco), is located southwest of the settlement, at an abandoned lime kiln in a sinkhole next to a dirt road on the southeast slope of Strmica Hill. The grave contained the remains of 12 young men from Logatec or Rovte that were murdered on June 21, 1945. The remains were exhumed in 1991 and are now at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Ljubljana.[4] [5] [6] [7]
A section of a late Roman defense wall known as the Claustra Alpium Iuliarum passes through the southwestern part of Strmica. The remnants of 19 defense towers are visible along the course of the wall.[8] A walking trail called Ajdovski zid (the Pagan Wall) with information signs has been laid out along the route.[9] [10]