Pečovje

Pečovje (pronounced [pɛˈtʃoːu̯jɛ]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Štore in eastern Slovenia. It lies in the hills just south of Štore itself above the left bank of the Voglajna River. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]

Pečovje
Pečovje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°12′42″N 15°18′4.31″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionSavinja
MunicipalityŠtore
Area
 • Total1.87 km2 (0.72 sq mi)
Elevation
382.3 m (1,254.3 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total236
[1]

Mass grave

Pečovje is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. It is part of the 25 mass graves in the Celje area. The Pečovnik Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Pečovnik) is located near the house at Zvodno no. 72 in a trench that was later filled and then covered with timber, concrete, and soil, or in a shaft about 30 meters (98 ft) southwest of this trench. The shaft has a 35% grade and has also been backfilled and leveled with the terrain. The grave contains the corpses of 5,000 to 10,000 people killed or executed in May and June 1945.[3]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Štore municipal site
  3. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Pečovnik". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved April 27, 2020.


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