Zgornja Kostrivnica

Zgornja Kostrivnica
Zgornja Kostrivnica

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°15′33.15″N 15°35′27.07″E / 46.2592083°N 15.5908528°E / 46.2592083; 15.5908528Coordinates: 46°15′33.15″N 15°35′27.07″E / 46.2592083°N 15.5908528°E / 46.2592083; 15.5908528
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Savinja
Municipality Rogaška Slatina
Area
  Total 1.47 km2 (0.57 sq mi)
Elevation 297.8 m (977.0 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 133
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Zgornja Kostrivnica is a settlement in the Municipality of Rogaška Slatina in eastern Slovenia. The wider area around Rogaška Slatina was traditionally part of the region of Lower Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]

Mass grave

Zgornja Kostrivnica is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Cemetery Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče na pokopališču) is located in a grassy area in the southwest part of the village cemetery. It contains the remains of 17 people.[3]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Virgin of Częstochowa (Slovene: Čenstohovska Mati Božja). It was built in 1786.[4]

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