Bukovska Vas

Bukovska Vas
Bukovska Vas Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°32′56.4″N 15°2′59.85″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Carinthia
Statistical region	Carinthia
Municipality	Dravograd
Area
• Total	1.32 km^2 (0.51 sq mi)
Elevation	363 m (1,191 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	355
• Density	270/km^2 (700/sq mi)
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Bukovska Vas (pronounced [buˈkoːu̯ska ˈʋaːs]; Slovene: Bukovska vas, German: Buchdorf[2][3]) is a settlement on the left bank of the Mislinja River in the Municipality of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia.[4] It includes the hamlet of Sveta Jedrt (or Sveta Jedert).[5]

Name

Bukovska Vas was first mentioned in written sources in 1168 as Půchdorf.[5][6][7][8] The name is interpreted locally as referring to former forests of beech trees (Slovene: bukev) or to large farms where unschooled writers lived (Slovene: bukovniki).[5]

History

In the 12th century, Bukovska Vas was a possession of St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavant Valley.[9] In the 16th century, the settlement belonged to Püchenstein Castle (Slovene: Puhštanj, Puhenštanj, Pukštanj) and it had 15 farms and a mill along the Mislinja River.[6]

Mass grave

Bukovska Vas is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The House No. 35 Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče pri hiši 35) is located in the woods south of the village. It contains the remains of a number of Croatians murdered in the second half of May 1945.[10][11]

Church

The church in Bukovska Vas is dedicated to Saint Gertrude (Slovene: sveta Jedrt). It was first mentioned in written sources in 1278. It is furnished in the Baroque style and has a late Romanesque rectangular rib-vaulted chancel. A Gothic sculpture of Saint Gertrude dates to circa 1440, and a sculpture of the Lamb of God in a side niche to circa 1300.[5]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Österreichische Urbare, III. Abteilung: Urbare geistlicher Grundherrschaften, 3. Band: Die mittelalterlichen Stiftsurbare Kärntens. 1968. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, p. 201.
3. Weiss, Norbert. 2002. Das Städtewesen der ehemaligen Untersteiermark im Mittelalter: vergleichende Analyse von Quellen zur Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte. Graz : Im Selbstverlag der Historischen Landeskommission für Steiermark, pp. 108, 303.
4. Dravograd municipal site
5. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1980. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 4. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 18.
6. Mlinarič, Jože. 1975. "Gospoščina Puhenštanj pri Dravogradu do okoli leta 1600." Kronika: čašopis za slovensko krajevno zgodovino. 23(3): 153–160. (in Slovene)
7. Koropec, Jože. 1972. Zemljiške gospoščine med Dravogradom in Maroborom do konca 16. stoletja. Maribor: Obzorja, p. 16.
8. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 550.
9. Kos, Franc, & Milko Kos. 1915. Gradivo za zgodovino Slovencev v srednjem veku, vol. 4. Ljubljana: Leonova družba, pp. i, lxvii.
10. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče pri hiši 35". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
11. Ferenc, Mitja, & Želimir Kužatko. 2007. Prikrita grobišča Hrvatov v Republiki Sloveniji. Ljubljana: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino.

External links

• Bukovska Vas on Geopedia