Kralji

Kralji
Kralji

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°32′15.28″N 15°2′8.07″E / 45.5375778°N 15.0355750°ECoordinates: 45°32′15.28″N 15°2′8.07″E / 45.5375778°N 15.0355750°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Kočevje
Area
 • Total 3.88 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
Elevation 492.4 m (1,615.5 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 12
[1]

Kralji (pronounced [ˈkɾaːlji]; in older sources also Kralje,[2] German: Wertatsch[2]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Mass grave

Kralji is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Lower Videm Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče pod Vidmom) lies in the woods about 220 m south of the church in the hamlet of Videm in the neighboring settlement of Knežja Lipa. It contains the remains of unidentified victims.[4]

Church

The local church was a 17th-century pilgrimage church on a hill south of the settlement dedicated to the Prophet Elijah. It was burned down in a fire before the Second World War and was not rebuilt.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 4.
  3. ↑ Kočevje municipal site Archived 2 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Lower Videm Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
  5. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2772

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