Tekačevo Explained

Official Name:Tekačevo
Other Name:Spodnje/Zgornje Tekačevo (until 1952)
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:left
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:Savinja
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Rogaška Slatina
Area Total Km2:1.47
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:243
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.2395°N 15.6168°W
Elevation M:268
Footnotes:[1]

Tekačevo (in Slovenian pronounced as /tɛˈkaːtʃɛʋɔ/, in older sources Takačevo,[2] German: Takatschevo[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Rogaška Slatina in eastern Slovenia. The railway line from Celje to Rogaška Slatina runs through the settlement. The wider area around Rogaška Slatina is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Spodnje Tekačevo and Zgornje Tekačevo to Tekačevo in 1952.[4]

Mass murder

On 4 March 1997, a never resolved mass murder, considered the worst or one of the worst murders in independent Slovenia, happened in Tekačevo. Four people (a married couple and their tenants) were killed. The only suspect has been Kristijan Kamenik, but his involvement has never been proved.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko . 1904 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 248.
  3. http://www.rogaska-slatina.si Rogaška Slatina municipal site
  4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. News: Kako je mogoče, da po 20 letih še nihče ni bil kaznovan za štirikratni umor v Tekačevem? . How is it possible, that after 20 years, no one has been sentenced for murders in Tekačevo? . 24ur.com. Slovenian . 5 March 2017. 6 March 2017.