Official Name: | Topolc |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
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: | Littoral–Inner Carniola |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Ilirska Bistrica |
Area Total Km2: | 3.58 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 344 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.5844°N 14.2158°W |
Elevation M: | 412.6 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Topolc (in Slovenian pronounced as /tɔˈpoːu̯ts/; in older sources: Topolec,[2] German: Topolz,[2] Italian: Topolza) is a village immediately northwest of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]
Topolc is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Topolc Mill Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče pri topolškem mlinu) is located next to the Reka River, about 200m (700feet) west of the main road, and contains the remains of about 80 German soldiers from the 97th Corps that fell at the beginning of May 1945.[4]
The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Stephen and belongs to the Parish of Ilirska Bistrica.[5]