Košnica pri Celju

Košnica pri Celju
Košnica pri Celju Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°13′2.91″N 15°14′33.05″E / 46.2174750°N 15.2425139°ECoordinates: 46°13′2.91″N 15°14′33.05″E / 46.2174750°N 15.2425139°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Savinja
Municipality	Celje
Area
• Total	4.23 km^2 (1.63 sq mi)
Elevation	315.2 m (1,034.1 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	590
[1]

Košnica pri Celju (pronounced [ˈkoːʃnitsa pɾi ˈtsɛːlju]) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Celje in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the right bank of the Savinja River on the southwestern outskirts of Celje. The area was traditionally part of the Styria region. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.^[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Košnica to Košnica pri Celju in 1955.^[3]

Mass graves

Košnica pri Celju is the site of three known mass graves from the period immediately after the Second World War. All three graves are located south of the road from Košnica pri Celju to Liboje, south of the house at Košnica pri Celju no. 13, in a meadow alongside Košnica Creek (Slovene: Košniški potok). They contain the remains of ethnically Slovene and German residents of Celje that were murdered between May and July 1945. Field investigations of the graves were carried out in July 2010. Mass Grave 1 (Grobišče 1), also known as the Women's Mass Grave (Grobišče "ženski grob"), contains the remains of 400 to 600 victims.^[4] Mass Grave 2 (Grobišče 2), also contains the remains of 400 to 600 victims.^[5] Mass Grave 3 (Grobišče 3), contains the remains of 600 to 1,000 victims.^[6]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Celje municipal site
3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
4. Mass Grave 1 on Geopedia (Slovene)
5. Mass Grave 2 on Geopedia (Slovene)
6. Mass Grave 3 on Geopedia (Slovene)

External links

• Košnica pri Celju at Geopedia