Završe (pronounced [ˈzaːʋəɾʃɛ]) is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Mislinja in northern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Carinthia. It is now included in the Carinthia Statistical Region.[2]
Završe | |
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  Završe Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°25′15.12″N 15°9′42.19″E / 46.4208667°N 15.1617194°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Carinthia |
| Statistical region | Carinthia |
| Municipality | Mislinja |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.84 km2 (5.73 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 807.6 m (2,649.6 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 416 |
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Church
editThe local parish church is dedicated to Saint Vitus (Slovene: sveti Vid) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1320. A second church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Rupert. It was built around 1860.[3]
Mass grave
editZavrše is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Herlah Farm Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče pri domačiji Herlah) is located in a meadow on the west side of the road from Velenje to Slovenj Gradec, near the house at Završe no. 86. It contains the remains of 10 to 20 unknown victims that were killed while fleeing toward the Austrian border and were buried in one to three pits between May 10 and 15, 1945.[4]
References
edit- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Mislinja municipal site". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine reference numbers ešd 3478 & 3479
- ^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče pri domačiji Herlah". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
External links
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