Zabukovica

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Zabukovica
1931 postcard of Zabukovica
Zabukovica
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°12′49.5″N 15°9′44.64″E / 46.213750°N 15.1624000°E / 46.213750; 15.1624000Coordinates: 46°12′49.5″N 15°9′44.64″E / 46.213750°N 15.1624000°E / 46.213750; 15.1624000
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Savinja
Municipality Žalec
Area
  Total 3.46 km2 (1.34 sq mi)
Elevation 362.4 m (1,189.0 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 931
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Zabukovica is a settlement in the Municipality of Žalec in east-central Slovenia. It lies in the hills south of Žalec. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria. The Municipality of Žalec is included in the Savinja statistical region.[2]

Mass grave

Zabukovica is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Liboje Pond Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče ribnik Liboje) is located east of Zabukovica, neat the Potočnik farm (Zabukovica no. 147). The remains of unknown victims were discovered at the site by children after the war. The pond was created after the war.[3]

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