Veliko Brdo, Slovenia

Veliko Brdo
Veliko Brdo Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°30′54.83″N 14°13′14.69″E / 45.5152306°N 14.2207472°E / 45.5152306; 14.2207472
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Inner Carniola
Statistical region	Littoral–Inner Carniola
Municipality	Ilirska Bistrica
Area
• Total	7.07 km² (2.73 sq mi)
Elevation	627.1 m (2,057.4 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	98
^[1]

Veliko Brdo (pronounced [ˈʋeːlikɔ ˈbəɾdɔ]; Italian: Berdo d'Elsane) is a village southwest of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia.^[2]

Mass graves

Veliko Brdo is the site of three mass graves or unmarked graves from the end of the Second World War. They all contain the remains of German soldiers from the 97th Corps that fell at the beginning of May 1945. The Church Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče pri cerkvi) is located at the northeast edge of Holy Trinity Church, on the west edge of the village. It contains the remains of seventeen soldiers.^[3] The Ilovce Mass Grave (Grobišče Ilovce) is located in the Ilovce meadow at the crossroads by house no. 59 south of the village. It contains the remains of seven soldiers.^[4] The Hrbe Grave (Grobišče Hrbe), also known as the Hrebeh Grave (Grobišče Hrebeh), is located a meadow alongside the road south of the village. It contains the remains of one soldier.^[5]^[Note 1]

Church

The local church in the settlement is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and belongs to the Parish of Jelšane.^[6]

Notes

^ Links are to the Geopedia text descriptions of the graves. The site has mislabeled the map positions by marking the Church Mass Grave as "Ilovce," the Hrbe Mass Grave as "Church," and the Ilovce Mass Grave as "Hrbe."

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Ilirska Bistrica municipal site
^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče pri cerkvi". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Ilovce". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Hrbe". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
^ "Koper Diocese list of churches" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2009-03-06.