Kozarišče

Kozarišče (pronounced [kɔˈzaːɾiʃtʃɛ], Italian: Cosarsca[2][3]) is a village south of Stari Trg pri Ložu in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The area of the village extends south of the main settlement right to the Snežnik Plateau and to the border with Croatia.[4] Snežnik Castle, a 13th-century castle, is located just southwest of the village.

Kozarišče
Kozarišče
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°41′9.7″N 14°28′29.62″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionInner Carniola
Statistical regionLittoral–Inner Carniola
MunicipalityLoška Dolina
Area
 • Total43.76 km2 (16.90 sq mi)
Elevation
579.6 m (1,901.6 ft)
Population
 (2002)[1]
 • Total241

Church
Saint Benedict's Church

The local church in the settlement dates to the mid-16th century and is dedicated to Saint Benedict and belong to the Parish of Stari Trg pri Ložu.[5]

Mass graves

Kozarišče is the site of a two known mass graves associated with the Second World War. The Kozlovka Cave Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Jama Kozlovka) is located in a spruce woods along the road from Kozarišče to Knežak. It is a 56-meter (184 ft) deep shaft that contains the remains of Slovene anticommunist militia members.[6] The Grobnica Mass Grave (Grobišče Grobnica) is located in the forest southwest of the settlement. It contains an undetermined number of victims.[7]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Ballarini, Amleto; Sobolevski, Mihael (2002). Le vittime di nazionalità italiana a Fiume e dintorni (1939–1947) / Zrtve talijanske nacionalnosti u Rijeci i okolici (1939.–1947.) (PDF). Rome: Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali. p. 26. ISBN 88-7125-239-X. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  3. Memorie della Società geografica italiana, vol. 15. Rome: Società geografica italiana. 1916. p. 202.
  4. Loška Dolina municipal site
  5. Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal website
  6. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Jama Kozlovka". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  7. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Grobnica". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved April 15, 2020.



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