Official Name: | Veliko Brdo |
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: | Littoral–Inner Carniola |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Ilirska Bistrica |
Area Total Km2: | 7.07 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 98 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.5152°N 14.2207°W |
Elevation M: | 627.1 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Veliko Brdo (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʋeːlikɔ ˈbəɾdɔ/; Italian: Berdo d'Elsane) is a village southwest of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia.[2]
Veliko Brdo is the site of three mass graves or unmarked graves from the end of the Second World War. They all contain the remains of German soldiers from the 97th Corps that fell at the beginning of May 1945. The Church Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče pri cerkvi) is located at the northeast edge of Holy Trinity Church, on the west edge of the village. It contains the remains of seventeen soldiers.[3] The Ilovce Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Ilovce) is located in the Ilovce meadow at the crossroads by house no. 59 south of the village. It contains the remains of seven soldiers.[4] The Hrbe Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Hrbe), also known as the Hrebeh Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Hrebeh), is located a meadow alongside the road south of the village. It contains the remains of one soldier.[5]
The local church in the settlement is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and belongs to the Parish of Jelšane.[6]