Huda Jama

Huda Jama

Huda Jama, buildings near the defunct mine
Huda Jama

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°9′31.46″N 15°11′10.28″E / 46.1587389°N 15.1861889°ECoordinates: 46°9′31.46″N 15°11′10.28″E / 46.1587389°N 15.1861889°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Savinja
Municipality Laško
Area
 • Total 0.81 km2 (0.31 sq mi)
Elevation 335.8 m (1,101.7 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 71
[1]

Huda Jama (pronounced [ˈxuːda ˈjaːma], German: Hudajama[2][3]) is a settlement east of Laško in east-central Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of the Styria region. It is now included with the rest of the Municipality of Laško in the Savinja Statistical Region.[4]

History

Lignite mining was begun at Huda Jama in 1813 by the Gadolla family. The mine was operated by various owners until 1855, when Paul von Putzer transferred operations to Brezno in 1855. Mining was resumed in Huda Jama in 1890.[5]:183 During the Second World War, the Partisans attacked German positions at Huda Jama on 2 July 1942 and 25 March 1944. After the second attack, they used the mine in the settlement as a shelter.[5]:195

Mass grave

The Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Slovenia has identified the site of a mass grave with remains of bodies of hundreds of victims of extrajudicial killings from the period immediately after the Second World War in a nearby abandoned coal mine known as the Barbara Pit (Slovene: Barbara rov), also known as the Huda Jama Mass Grave (Grobišče Huda jama) or the Saint Barbara Abandoned Mine Shaft Mass Grave. (Grobišče v opuščenem rudniškem jašku Sv. Barbara).[6][7] Although the precise identity of the victims has not been determined,[7] it is presumed that they were Slovene Home Guard troops, Slovene civilians, Ustaša soldiers, and Croatian Home Guard troops.[7]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Huda Jama include:

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Süss, Franz Eduard. 1897. Das erdbeben von Laibach am 14. april 1895. Vienna: K. K. Geologische Reichsanstalt, p. 139.
  3. ↑ Kieslinger, Franz. 1903. Die mineralkohlen Österreichs. Vienna: K.K. Ackerbau-Ministerium, p. 130
  4. ↑ Laško municipal site
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije.
  6. ↑ Finding of mass graves
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Barbara Pit Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)

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