Zabrekve

Zabrekve
Zabrekve is located in Slovenia
Zabrekve
Zabrekve
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°14′8.61″N 14°14′12.16″E / 46.2357250°N 14.2367111°E / 46.2357250; 14.2367111
Country Slovenia
Traditional RegionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionUpper Carniola
MunicipalityŽelezniki
Elevation
822.2 m (2,697.5 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
66
[1]

Zabrekve (pronounced [zaˈbɾeːkʋɛ]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Sveti Mohor (Sankt Hermagor[2]) and Bezovnica.[3]

History

The hamlet of Bezovnica

During the Second World War, the Partisans burned the hamlet of Bezovnica on 10 March 1945.[2][4]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus and was rebuilt in 1973. The original Baroque church was dynamited in the spring of 1944[2][4] or in March 1945[5] and the surviving bell tower burned down in 1972 after being struck by lightning.[6]

  • Hay rack in Zabrekve and view to the west
    Hay rack in Zabrekve and view to the west

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ a b c Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 62.
  3. ^ Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 384.
  4. ^ a b Planina, France. 1973. "Pokrajina in kraji Selške doline." Selška dolina v preteklosti in sedanjosti, pp. 9–48. Škofja Loka: Muzejsko društvo v Škofji Loki, pododbor Železniki, p. 27. (in Slovene)
  5. ^ Podružnice - Sv. Mohor in Fortunat (in Slovene)
  6. ^ Selca parish website


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