Račice, Ilirska Bistrica
Village in Inner Carniola, Slovenia
45°30′48.15″N 14°9′41.45″E / 45.5133750°N 14.1615139°E / 45.5133750; 14.1615139 (2002)
Račice (pronounced [ˈɾaːtʃitsɛ]; Italian: Racizze) is a village southeast of Podgrad in the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia.[2]
Unmarked grave
Račice is the site of an unmarked grave from the end of the Second World War. The Gradac Grave (Slovene: Grob Gradac) is located northwest of the village and contains the remains of a German soldier from the 97th Corps that fell at the beginning of May 1945.[3]
Church
The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Roch and belongs to the Parish of Podgrad.[4]
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Ilirska Bistrica municipal site
- ^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grob Gradac". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ Koper Diocese list of churches Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Media related to Račice at Wikimedia Commons
- Račice on Geopedia
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Administrative seat: Ilirska Bistrica
- Kalec Castle
- Lake Klivnik
- Lake Mola
- Prem Castle
- Snežnik
- Turn Mansion
- Radovan Gobec
- Dragotin Kette
- Karel Lavrič
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