Šmarčna

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Šmarčna
Šmarčna
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°2′38.7″N 15°14′50.76″E / 46.044083°N 15.2474333°E / 46.044083; 15.2474333Coordinates: 46°2′38.7″N 15°14′50.76″E / 46.044083°N 15.2474333°E / 46.044083; 15.2474333
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Lower Sava
Municipality Sevnica
Area
  Total 1.44 km2 (0.56 sq mi)
Elevation 185.6 m (608.9 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 95
[1]

Šmarčna is a settlement on the right bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Sevnica in east-central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Lower Sava statistical region.[2] The settlement includes the hamlet of Gomila (or Spodnji Erkenštajn, German: Unteerckenstein,[3] Untererkenstein[4]).[5]

Mass grave

Šmarčna is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Šmarčna Čeček Field Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Šmarčna na čečkovi njivi) lies south of the settlement on a lot by the house at Šmarčna no. 2. It contains the remains of eight Ustaša soldiers killed in May 1945 while withdrawing towards Austria.[6]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Mary Help of Christians (Slovene: Marija Pomočnica) and belongs to the Parish of Boštanj. It was built in 1970 on the site of an older chapel that was incorporated into the new building.[7]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Sevnica municipal site
  3. Topographia Ducatus Carnioliae modernae. Johann Weikhard von Valvasor. 284. 1679.
  4. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 87. (Slovene)
  5. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 278.
  6. Šmarčna Čeček Field Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
  7. "EŠD 1659". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovene). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 24 October 2011. 

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