Zvodno Explained

Official Name:Zvodno
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
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:Celje
Area Total Km2:4.27
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:280
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.2114°N 15.2846°W
Elevation M:331.2
Footnotes:[1]

Zvodno (pronounced as /sl/) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Celje in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the southeastern outskirts of Celje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]

Name

The name Zvodno is a clipped form from *Zvodno (selo) 'Zvodno village', in which the first element is an adjective derived from zvod 'confluence', referring to the geographical location of the settlement. Zvodno is located at the confluence of Devil's Creek (Slovenian: Hudičev potok) and the Ločnica River.[3]

Mass grave

Zvodno is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. It is part of the 25 mass graves in the Celje area. The Pečovnik Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Pečovnik) is located near the house at Zvodno no. 72 in a trench that was later filled and then covered with timber, concrete, and soil, or in a shaft about 30m (100feet) southwest of this trench. The shaft has a 35% grade and has also been backfilled and leveled with the terrain. The grave contains the corpses of 5,000 to 10,000 people killed or executed in May and June 1945.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.celje.si Celje municipal site
  3. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 484.
  4. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Pečovnik . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . October 31, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.