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Žvirče
Žvirče
	Žvirče Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 45°46′58.53″N 14°49′27.06″E / 45.7829250°N 14.8241833°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Southeast Slovenia
Municipality	Žužemberk
Area
• Total	12.86 km2 (4.97 sq mi)
Elevation	436.1 m (1,430.8 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	152

Žvirče (pronounced [ˈʒʋiːɾtʃɛ]; German: Schwörz^[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Žužemberk in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.^[3]

History

Žvirče was burned several times by Italian forces during the Second World War.^{[citation needed]} The school was burned in a Partisan attack in March 1943, and the village came under German aerial bombardment on 1 March 1944 and six villagers were killed.^[4] At the end of 1944, six Partisans were killed and 11 wounded in an engagement with German forces.^{[citation needed]} On 15 March 1945, the 15th division of the Yugoslav Partisans burned the village and evicted the population.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Church

The former church in Žvirče was dedicated to John the Baptist and was dynamited by the Partisans on 15 March 1945.^[8] A new church in Žvirče was built in 1972.^[8] It is a chapel of ease dedicated to Maximilian Kolbe.^[9]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 174.
^ Žužemberk municipal site
^ Maček, Janko. "Odmevi roških detonacij nad požganimi Žvirčami." Zaveza 62 (21 July)." (in Slovene)
^ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 549.
^ Stanovnik, Justin. 2011. "Vas na meji." Zaveza 14 (7 July). (in Slovene)
^ Kranjc, Joseph G. 2013. To Walk with the Devil. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, p. 204.
^ ^a ^b Stanovnik, Justin. 2011. "Vida Pugelj–Jevnikar." Zaveza 14 (7 July). (in Slovene)
^ Parish of Hinje. (in Slovene)

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[1] Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

[Leksikon-2] Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 174.

[3] Žužemberk municipal site

[4] Maček, Janko. "Odmevi roških detonacij nad požganimi Žvirčami." Zaveza 62 (21 July)." (in Slovene)

[5] Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 549.

[6] Stanovnik, Justin. 2011. "Vas na meji." Zaveza 14 (7 July). (in Slovene)

[7] Kranjc, Joseph G. 2013. To Walk with the Devil. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, p. 204.

[Stanovnik-8] Stanovnik, Justin. 2011. "Vida Pugelj–Jevnikar." Zaveza 14 (7 July). (in Slovene)

[9] Parish of Hinje. (in Slovene)

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Žvirče

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