Slope, Hrpelje-Kozina
Place in Littoral, Slovenia
45°36′47.84″N 13°59′15.28″E / 45.6132889°N 13.9875778°E / 45.6132889; 13.9875778 (2002)
Slope (pronounced [ˈsloːpɛ]) is a village east of Hrpelje in the Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina in the Littoral region of Slovenia close to the border with Croatia.[2]
Church
The local church is dedicated to the Feast of the Cross and belongs to the Parish of Brezovica.[3]
Mass grave
Slope is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Kotar Enclosure Cave Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Jama pod Kotarjevo ogrado) is located in a woods northeast of Tublje pri Hrpeljah. It contains the remains of 15 to 17 people, probably German soldiers and Slovene civilians.[4]
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Hrpelje-Kozina municipal site Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Roman Catholic Diocese of Koper List of Churches May 2008 Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Jama pod Kotarjevo ogrado". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
External links
- Slope on Geopedia
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Administrative seat: Hrpelje
- Artviže
- Bač pri Materiji
- Beka
- Brezovica
- Brezovo Brdo
- Golac
- Gradišče pri Materiji
- Gradišica
- Hotična
- Javorje
- Klanec pri Kozini
- Kovčice
- Kozina
- Krvavi Potok
- Markovščina
- Materija
- Mihele
- Mrše
- Nasirec
- Obrov
- Ocizla
- Odolina
- Orehek pri Materiji
- Ostrovica
- Petrinje
- Poljane pri Podgradu
- Povžane
- Prešnica
- Ritomeče
- Rodik
- Rožice
- Skadanščina
- Slivje
- Slope
- Tatre
- Tublje pri Hrpeljah
- Velike Loče
- Vrhpolje
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