Planina v Podbočju

Planina v Podbočju
Planina v Podbočju
Location in Slovenia
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Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Spodnjeposavska
Municipality Krško
Area
 • Total 1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Elevation 678.6 m (2,226 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 33
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Planina v Podbočju is a remote small village in the Gorjanci hills in the Krško municipality in eastern Slovenia, right on the border with Croatia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the Spodnjeposavska statistical region.[2]

Between 14 and 15 September 1942, during the Second World War, the village was burnt to the ground and 34 male villagers were executed in the nearby forest by the Ustaše. There is a monument with a list of names of the dead in the village. It is a stone block with a statue of a partisan on top, unveiled in 1953.[3]

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