Šmarčna

Šmarčna
Šmarčna

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°2′38.7″N 15°14′50.76″E / 46.044083°N 15.2474333°E / 46.044083; 15.2474333Coordinates: 46°2′38.7″N 15°14′50.76″E / 46.044083°N 15.2474333°E / 46.044083; 15.2474333
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Lower Sava
Municipality Sevnica
Area
 • Total 1.44 km2 (0.56 sq mi)
Elevation 185.6 m (608.9 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 95
[1]

Šmarčna (pronounced [ˈʃmaːɾtʃna]) is a settlement on the right bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Sevnica in east-central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[2] The settlement includes the hamlet of Gomila (or Spodnji Erkenštajn, German: Unteerckenstein,[3] Untererkenstein[4]).[5]

Mass grave

Šmarčna is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Šmarčna Čeček Field Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Šmarčna na čečkovi njivi) lies south of the settlement on a lot by the house at Šmarčna no. 2. It contains the remains of eight Ustaša soldiers killed in May 1945 while withdrawing towards Austria.[6]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Mary Help of Christians (Slovene: Marija Pomočnica) and belongs to the Parish of Boštanj. It was built in 1970 on the site of an older chapel that was incorporated into the new building.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Sevnica municipal site
  3. ↑ Topographia Ducatus Carnioliae modernae. Johann Weikhard von Valvasor. 284. 1679.
  4. ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 87.
  5. ↑ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 278.
  6. ↑ Šmarčna Čeček Field Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
  7. ↑ "EŠD 1659". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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