Krvava Peč

Krvava Peč
Krvava Peč

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°51′50.09″N 14°30′50.14″E / 45.8639139°N 14.5139278°ECoordinates: 45°51′50.09″N 14°30′50.14″E / 45.8639139°N 14.5139278°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Central Slovenia
Municipality Velike Lašče
Area
 • Total 6.4 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Elevation 731.9 m (2,401.2 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 26
[1]

Krvava Peč (German: Blutigenstein)[2] is a village in the hills west of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The entire Municipality of Velike Lašče is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia statistical region.[3]

Name

The name Krvava Peč literally means 'bloody cliff'. The name of the settlement was originally Rožna vas. The current name is said to be based on an incident during an Ottoman attack in which the attackers threw two girls over a nearby cliff to their deaths in the Iška Gorge.[4] In the 19th century the German name was Blutigenstein (literally, 'bloody stone').[2]

History

All of the houses in the village burned in 1914 because of a fire started by children. A school was established in 1927. The village was burned by Italian forces during the Second World War on 22 March 1942. After some renovations, the village was burned again on 8 August 1942 and all of the men were arrested and sent to an Italian concentration camp.[4]

Church

The local church, on a small hill southwest of the settlement, is dedicated to Saint Leonard and belongs to the Parish of Rob. It is a 16th-century Gothic building with surviving wall paintings. The Baroque belfry was added in 1667.[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. 44. (Slovene)
  3. ↑ Velike Lašče municipal site
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 416–417.
  5. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2232

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