Petrinje
Place in Littoral, Slovenia
45°34′29.44″N 13°54′25.31″E / 45.5748444°N 13.9070306°E / 45.5748444; 13.9070306
Slovenia (2002)
Petrinje (pronounced [pɛˈtɾiːnjɛ]; Italian: Petrigne) is a small village in the Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[2]
Mass grave
Petrinje is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Wasp Shaft Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Osje brezno) is located in a terraced area west of Brdgodec Hill (elevation: 447 meters or 1,467 feet) north of Petrinje. It contains the remains of undetermined victims.[3]
Church
The local church is dedicated to Saint Sebastian and belongs to the Parish of Klanec.[4]
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Hrpelje-Kozina municipal site Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Osje brezno". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ Roman Catholic Diocese of Koper List of Churches May 2008 Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Media related to Petrinje at Wikimedia Commons- Petrinje on Geopedia
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Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina
Administrative seat: Hrpelje
- Artviže
- Bač pri Materiji
- Beka
- Brezovica
- Brezovo Brdo
- Golac
- Gradišče pri Materiji
- Gradišica
- Hotična
- Javorje
- Klanec pri Kozini
- Kovčice
- Kozina
- Krvavi Potok
- Markovščina
- Materija
- Mihele
- Mrše
- Nasirec
- Obrov
- Ocizla
- Odolina
- Orehek pri Materiji
- Ostrovica
- Petrinje
- Poljane pri Podgradu
- Povžane
- Prešnica
- Ritomeče
- Rodik
- Rožice
- Skadanščina
- Slivje
- Slope
- Tatre
- Tublje pri Hrpeljah
- Velike Loče
- Vrhpolje
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