Zabrekve
| Zabrekve | |
|---|---|
  Zabrekve Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°14′8.61″N 14°14′12.16″E / 46.2357250°N 14.2367111°ECoordinates: 46°14′8.61″N 14°14′12.16″E / 46.2357250°N 14.2367111°E | |
| Country |
 Slovenia |
| Traditional Region | Upper Carniola |
| Statistical region | Upper Carniola |
| Municipality | Železniki |
| Elevation | 822.2 m (2,697.5 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 66 |
| [1] | |
Zabrekve 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
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]
References
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- 1 2 3 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 62.
- ↑ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 384.
- 1 2 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. (Slovene)
- ↑ Podružnice - Sv. Mohor in Fortunat (Slovene)
- ↑ Selca parish website
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