Vešter

Vešter
Vešter

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°10′31.17″N 14°17′23.48″E / 46.1753250°N 14.2898556°ECoordinates: 46°10′31.17″N 14°17′23.48″E / 46.1753250°N 14.2898556°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Škofja Loka
Area
 • Total 2.37 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Elevation 372.1 m (1,220.8 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 178
[1]

Vešter (pronounced [ˈveːʃtəɾ]; in older sources also Bešter,[2] German: Westert[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Mass graves

Vešter is the site of three known mass graves from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Gorge Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Soteska) is located in the narrowest part of the Selca Sora Valley along the road from Škofja Loka to Železniki, about 10 m east of the road. It contains the remains of six to 10 Home Guard soldiers and civilians that were released from the Loka Castle prison, and then intercepted and murdered on their way home.[3] The Lovrec House Mass Grave (Grobišče Lovrčeva hiša), also known as the Matjaž Valley Mass Grave (Grobišče Matjaževa dolina), lies below the foot of Cavrn Hill, along a path about 600 m northwest of the village of Trnje. It contains the remains of eight Home Guard soldiers that were taken from the Loka Castle prison and murdered. The abandoned and dilapidated Lovrec House (Lovrčeva hiša) stood at the site in 1945.[4] The Cavrn Mass Grave (Grobišče Cavrn) is located below the foot of Cavrn Hill near a former Partisan bunker. It contains the remains of eight Home Guard soldiers that were taken from the Loka Castle prison and murdered.[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. 62.
  3. ↑ Gorge Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
  4. ↑ Lovrec House Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
  5. ↑ Cavrn Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)

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