Dobruška Vas

Dobruška Vas
Dobruška Vas

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°53′17.48″N 15°18′21.62″E / 45.8881889°N 15.3060056°ECoordinates: 45°53′17.48″N 15°18′21.62″E / 45.8881889°N 15.3060056°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Škocjan
Area
 • Total 3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Elevation 166.2 m (545.3 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 258
[1]

Dobruška Vas (pronounced [dɔˈbɾuːʃka ˈvaːs]; Slovene: Dobruška vas) is a village in the Municipality of Škocjan in southeastern Slovenia. It lies on the regional road leading south from Škocjan to Šentjernej. The A2 motorway runs just east of the settlement. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[2] The settlement includes the hamlets of Cesta and Zatreb.[3]

Name

The name Dobruška vas is derived from a possessive form of the hypocorism *Dobruš(a) or *Dobrux(a). Like similar place names (e.g., Dobruša, and also Dobruševo in Macedonia), it thus refers to an early inhabitant of the place.[4]

History

Early settlement of Dobruška Vas is attested by Roman artifacts that have been found in the area. During the Second World War, part of the village was burned by German forces on 14 May 1944.[3]

Mass grave

Dobruška Vas is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Dobruška Vas Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Dobruška vas) is located about 300 m east of the settlement alongside a field, 10 m from the left bank of Mlaka Creek and 130 m above the bridge over the creek. It contains the remains of up to 62 Croatian refugees murdered at the site on the evening of 17 May 1945. The local people buried their bodies in two trenches at the site.[5]

Murder of two Romani women

On June 3, 2005 two Roma women in Dobruška Vas were murdered in a racist attack, when a hand grenade was thrown into their bedroom. Three right wing extremists were arrested and convicted of the crime. They appealed, however, and the trial is still ongoing.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Škocjan municipal site
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 482.
  4. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 115.
  5. ↑ Dobruška Vas Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
  6. ↑ Bombašem tokrat zapor, pritožbe na Vrhovno sodišče. 2011. Dolenjskilist.si (17 March). (Slovene)

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