Marija Reka
| Marija Reka | |
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  Marija Reka Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°12′13.89″N 15°4′57.68″E / 46.2038583°N 15.0826889°ECoordinates: 46°12′13.89″N 15°4′57.68″E / 46.2038583°N 15.0826889°E | |
| Country |
 Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Styria |
| Statistical region | Savinja |
| Municipality | Prebold |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19.38 km2 (7.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 765.4 m (2,511.2 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 236 |
| [1] | |
Marija Reka is a settlement in the Municipality of Prebold in east-central Slovenia. It lies in the hills south of Prebold. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja statistical region.[2] The settlement includes the hamlets of Mala Reka, Velika Reka, and Jelenca.[3]
Church
The local parish church is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was originally a 14th-century church with major reconstruction in the 18th and 19th centuries.[4] The church was first mentioned in written sources in 1545. It was damaged in a fire in 1790, and then re-vaulted. The church obtained the status of a vicariate in 1787, and a parish in 1891.[3]
Mass graves
Marija Reka is the site of 12 known mass graves from the period immediately after the Second World War: the Kregar Ravine 1–12 mass graves (Slovene: Grobišče Kregarjev graben 1–12). The graves are located east and west of the Kregar Ravine southwest of the main settlement, along a forest road leading past wayside shrines into the forest. The graves contain the remains of about 2,000 civilians from Trbovlje, Hrastnik, Zagorje ob Savi, Laško, Žalec, and the surroundings of Celje, as well as several hundred Croatian civilians and about 100 German prisoners of war. The victims were murdered between May and August 1945.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Notable people
Notable people that were born of lived in Marija Reka include:
- Martn Jurhar (1880–1934), religious writer[3]
References
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ↑ Prebold municipal site
- 1 2 3 Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 507–508.
- ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3153
- ↑ Kregar Ravine 1 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
- ↑ Kregar Ravine 2 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
- ↑ Kregar Ravine 3 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
- ↑ Kregar Ravine 4 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
- ↑ Kregar Ravine 5 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
- ↑ Kregar Ravine 6 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
- ↑ Kregar Ravine 7 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
- ↑ Kregar Ravine 8 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
- ↑ Kregar Ravine 9 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
- ↑ Kregar Ravine 10 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
- ↑ Kregar Ravine 11 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
- ↑ Kregar Ravine 12 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
- ↑ Kregar Ravine 13 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
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