Blaževica

Blaževica (pronounced [ˈblaːʒɛʋitsa]; also Blaževič[1] or Spodnja Blaževica,[2] German: Unterblaschowitz[1][3]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Dolenjske Toplice in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[4] Its territory is now part of the village of Verdun pri Uršnih Selih.[5]: 542 

Blaževica
Blaževica is located in Slovenia
Blaževica
Blaževica
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°42′23.63″N 15°5′35.42″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalityDolenjske Toplice
Elevation
443.7 m (1,455.7 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total0

History

Blaževica was a Gottschee German village. In 1931 it had six houses and 25 residents. The original inhabitants were expelled in the fall of 1941. The village was burned by Italian troops in the summer of 1942 during the Rog Offensive and was never rebuilt.[5]: 476 

References
  1. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 152.
  2. Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.
  3. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  4. Dolenjske Toplice municipal site
  5. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije.


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