Kvasica

Kvasica
Kvasica

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°32′27.2″N 15°9′38.01″E / 45.540889°N 15.1605583°ECoordinates: 45°32′27.2″N 15°9′38.01″E / 45.540889°N 15.1605583°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region White Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Črnomelj
Area
 • Total 2.14 km2 (0.83 sq mi)
Elevation 160.6 m (526.9 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 49
[1]

Kvasica (pronounced [kvaˈsiːtsa]; German: Quasitza[2]) is a settlement on main road from Črnomelj to Dragatuš in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

History

Two stone axes have been found near the village, testifying to ancient settlement in the area.[4] During the Second World War, a Romani school operated at the former dairy in Kvasica, attended by children from Kanižarica. It was active for only a few months,[4] until the population was massacred by a Partisan unit at Rožič Vrh in the summer of 1942.[5][6] The Partisans attacked and destroyed an Italian military convoy south of the village on 22 September 1942. A monument to the attack was unveiled in 1959.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 48.
  3. ↑ Črnomelj municipal site
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 43.
  5. ↑ "Genocid nad Cigani na Blokah in v Iški." 2010. Zaveza 43 (25 February). (Slovene)
  6. ↑ Polič, Radko. 1975. Belokranjski odred. Ljubljana: Partizanska knjiga, p. 238.

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