Trebče

Trebče
Trebče is located in Slovenia
Trebče
Trebče
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°2′43.74″N 15°37′50.01″E / 46.0454833°N 15.6305583°E / 46.0454833; 15.6305583
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionLower Sava
MunicipalityBistrica ob Sotli
Area
 • Total
5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Elevation
252.5 m (828 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
231
 • Density44.6/km2 (115/sq mi)
[1]

Trebče (pronounced [ˈtɾeːptʃɛ]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Bistrica ob Sotli in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the main road leading west from Bistrica ob Sotli to Podsreda in the adjacent Municipality of Kozje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region; until January 2014 it was part of the Savinja Statistical Region.[2]

Mass grave

On May 13, 2026, the Slovenian Directorate for War Veterans and Military Heritage handed over the remains of Croatian victims of the killings after the Second World War to Croatia in Dobrava Memorial Park near Maribor. Ten of the victims were men 18 to 40 years old, exhumed from 2013 to 2017 in Trebče.[3] The victims were buried in a ceremony at Donji Macelj, Croatia, on August 22, 2026.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Bistrica ob Sotli municipal site
  3. ↑ Grudiček, Ivica (13 May 2026). "Posmrtni ostaci 500 žrtava nakon 80 godina iz Slovenije stigli u Hrvatsku" [Remains of 500 Victims Arrive in Croatia from Slovenia after 80 Years]. vijesti.hrt.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT).
  4. ↑ "Na Hrvaškem pokopali 500 žrtev povojnih pobojev iz grobišč v Sloveniji". Siol.net. August 22, 2026. Retrieved August 23, 2026.