Kralji

Kralji
Kralji Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°32′15.28″N 15°2′8.07″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Southeast Slovenia
Municipality	Kočevje
Area
• Total	3.88 km^2 (1.50 sq mi)
Elevation	492.4 m (1,615.5 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	12
[1]

Kralji (pronounced [ˈkɾaːlji]; in older sources also Kralje,[2] German: Wertatsch[2]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Mass grave

Kralji is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Lower Videm Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče pod Vidmom) lies in the woods about 220 meters (720 ft) south of the church in the hamlet of Videm in the neighboring settlement of Knežja Lipa. It contains the remains of unidentified victims.[4]

Church

The local church was a 17th-century pilgrimage church on a hill south of the settlement dedicated to the Prophet Elijah. It was burned down in a fire before the Second World War and was not rebuilt.[5]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 4.
3. Kočevje municipal site Archived April 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
4. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče pod Vidmom". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
5. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2772

External links

• Kralji on Geopedia