Hrušica, Jesenice
| Hrušica | |
|---|---|
_location_map.svg.png)  Hrušica | |
| Coordinates: 46°26′45.25″N 14°0′46.76″E / 46.4459028°N 14.0129889°ECoordinates: 46°26′45.25″N 14°0′46.76″E / 46.4459028°N 14.0129889°E | |
| Country |
 Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Upper Carniola |
| Statistical region | Upper Carniola |
| Municipality | Jesenice |
| Elevation | 590.7 m (1,938.0 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 1,843 |
| [1] | |
Hrušica is a settlement 3 km west of Jesenice along the main road to Kranjska Gora in the Municipality of Jesenice in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
History
In 1906 the 7,976 m long two-rail track Karawanks railway tunnel was built at Hrušica and in 1991 the 7,864 m long road tunnel was completed.
Mass graves
Hrušica is the site of three mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. All of the graves contain the remains of Home Guard prisoners of war that were repatriated from Austria after the war and murdered. Each site contains the remains of an unknown number of victims. The Hrušica No. 56 Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče za hišo Hrušica 56) is located behind the house at Huršica no. 56.[2] The Hrušica 1 Mass Grave (Grobišče Hrušica 1) lies 40 m east of the house at Hrušica no. 83,[3] and the Hrušica 2 Mass Grave (Grobišče Hrušica 1) lies on the slope above it.[4]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Hrušica include:
- Anže Kopitar (born 1987), ice hockey player
- Ivan Krivec (a.k.a. Pavle) (1906–1944), Partisan and party secretary[5]
References
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ↑ Hrušica No. 56 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
- ↑ Hrušica 1 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
- ↑ Hrušica 2 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
- ↑ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 114–115.
External links
Media related to Hrušica, Jesenice at Wikimedia Commons- history, at Volunteer Firefighters of Hrušica
- Hrušica (Jesenice) at Geopedia
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