Pokoše

Pokoše
Pokoše is located in Slovenia
Pokoše
Pokoše
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°24′58.34″N 15°36′32.2″E / 46.4162056°N 15.608944°E / 46.4162056; 15.608944
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionDrava
MunicipalitySlovenska Bistrica
Area
 • Total
4.39 km2 (1.69 sq mi)
Elevation
313.1 m (1,027.2 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
205
[1]

Pokoše (pronounced [pɔˈkoːʃɛ]) is a village northeast of Slovenska Bistrica in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]

Mass grave

Pokoše is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Velenik Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Velenik) is located about 600 meters (2,000 ft) east of the north freeway exit for Slovenska Bistrica. It contains the remains of civilians from Slovenska Bistrica that were murdered in May 1945 and buried in a former antitank trench.[3]

Cultural heritage

A number of Roman era burial mounds have been identified in the Velenik area south of the main settlement.[4]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Slovenska Bistrica municipal site
  3. ^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Velenik". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 6898


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