Gornji Dolič

Gornji Dolič
Gornji Dolič

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°25′18.34″N 15°11′41.17″E / 46.4217611°N 15.1947694°ECoordinates: 46°25′18.34″N 15°11′41.17″E / 46.4217611°N 15.1947694°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Carinthia
Statistical region Carinthia
Municipality Mislinja
Area
 • Total 4.36 km2 (1.68 sq mi)
Elevation 537.1 m (1,762.1 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 520
[1]

Gornji Dolič (pronounced [ˈɡoːɾnji ˈdɔːlitʃ] or [ˈɡoːɾnji ˈdoːlitʃ]; German: Oberdollitsch[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Mislinja in northern Slovenia. Traditionally the area was part of Carinthia and is now included in the Carinthia Statistical Region.[3]

Church

The local parish church is dedicated to Saint Florian and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It dates to around 1792 with 19th- and 20th-century additions.[4]

Second World War

Gornji Dolič was heavily involved in the Second World War. On 1 December 1941 saboteurs dynamited the railroad bridge between Paka and the Huda Luknja Gorge. The Navršnik farm in the settlement was a center of Partisan resistance. Partisan forces dynamited the railway on 31 September 1942, burned the railway station in the settlement on 27 October 1942, attacked and destroyed the railway station again at the end of March 1944, derailed a train into the Huda Luknja Gorge on 10 April 1944, sent a burning train towards Velenje on 25 April 1944 and burned the bus station the same day, burned another train on 26 April 1944, attached a German post in the Huda Luknja Gorge on 3 June 1944, and destroyed the railroad bridge on 18 June 1944 and dynamited the railroad tunnel the same day. Between 12 and 14 May 1945 there was heavy fighting between Mislinja and the Huda Luknja Gorge, resulting in several hundred deaths.[5]

Mass graves

Gornji Dolič is the site of seven known mass graves from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Kozjak Road Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče ob cesti na Kozjak) is located along Glažarica Creek, 150 m north of the house at Kozjak no. 68. It contains the remains of 10 to 20 Croatian soldiers killed between 10 and 15 May 1945.[6] The Naveršnik Farm Mass Grave (Grobišče pri domačiji Naveršnik) is located about 10 m north of an outbuilding at the Naveršnik farm (Gornji Dolič no. 45), in a ravine on the edge of the woods. It contains the remains of an unknown number of civilian victims murdered between 10 and 15 May 1945.[7] The Golčman Farm Mass Grave (Grobišče pri domačiji Golčman) lies in a meadow below the Golčman farm (Gornji Dolič no. 54), below a cliff at the edge of the woods. It contains the remains of three Croatian soldiers killed between 10 and 15 May 1945.[8] The Krajcer Farm Mass Grave (Grobišče pri domačiji Krajcer), also known as the Teržan Farm Mass Grave (Grobišče pri domačiji Teržan), is located near a shed on the Krajcer farm (Gornji Dolič no. 64a). It contains the remains of an unknown number of Croatian soldiers killed between 10 and 15 May 1945.[9] The Gornji Dolič 1, 2, and 3 mass graves (Grobišče Gornji Dolič 1, 2, 3) are located southwest of the settlement and contain the remains of 80 to 100 Croatian soldiers killed and civilians murdered between 12 and 14 May 1945. The Gornji Dolič 1 Mass Grave is located southeast of the Vocovnik farm (Završe no. 88), between the road, a spruce grove, and the Paka River.[10] The Gornji Dolič 2 and 3 mass graves are located between the road from Velenje to Slovenj Gradec and the right and left banks of the Paka River, south of the Turenšek farmhouse at Gornji Dolič no. 72.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Kos, Dušan. 2006. In Burg und Stadt: spätmittelalterlicher Adel in Krain und Untersteiermark. Munich: Oldenbourg, p. 639.
  3. ↑ Mislinja municipal site
  4. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2949
  5. ↑ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1980. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 4. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 502–503.
  6. ↑ Kozjak Road Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
  7. ↑ Naveršnik Farm Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
  8. ↑ Golčman Farm Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
  9. ↑ Krajcer Farm Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
  10. ↑ Gornji Dolič 1 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
  11. ↑ Gornji Dolič 2 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
  12. ↑ Gornji Dolič 3 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)

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