Tezno

Tezno is a suburb of the city of Maribor in Slovenia.

During World War II, an anti-tank trench was dug in Tezno, around one kilometer in length and 3 to 4 meters wide. At the end of the war in 1945, in the events now collectively referred to as the Bleiburg massacre, the Yugoslav Partisans buried numerous bodies of executed Ustasha prisoners of war. In 2007, the Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Slovenia reported that their analysis of the excavated corpses, in what is now a forested area in Tezno, points to an estimated minimum of fifteen thousand casualties.[1] In June 2010, Croatian president Ivo Josipović visited the site.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Tezno je najveća masovna grobnica Hrvata" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. 2007-09-11. http://www.jutarnji.hr/tezno-je-najveca-masovna-grobnica-hrvata/267893/. Retrieved 2010-05-15. 
  2. ^ Josipovic lays wreath at post-WWII mass graves
City neighborhoods

Center, Ivan Cankar, Studenci, Magdalena, Tabor, Nova vas, Tezno, Pobrežje, Brezje-Dogoše-Zrkovci, Radvanje


Local communities: Bresternica - Gaj, Kamnica, Malečnik Ruperče, Razvanje, Limbuš, Pekre
Landmarks
Main Square, Plague Memorial, Angels, Koroška Street, Strossmayer Street, Maribor Island, Kalvarija Hill, Pyramid, Maribor Park, Maribor railway station, Drava, Pohorje, University of Maribor, Revolution Square, Maribor Bridge, Cathedral Peak, Maribor, Trieste Road, Maribor, Market Hall, Maribor, Zamorc Hotel, Hutter's Colony, Maribor, Monument of Liberation, Maribor
Castles, Palaces, Fortresses
Maribor Town Hall, Maribor Castle, Upper Maribor Castle, Water Tower, Jewish Tower, Judgement Tower, Betnava Castle, Vetrinje Mansion, Orešje Castle, Račji Dvor Manor
Places of Worship
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Culture
Notable people