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Slope, Hrpelje-Kozina

Place in Littoral, Slovenia

45°36′47.84″N 13°59′15.28″E / 45.6132889°N 13.9875778°E / 45.6132889; 13.9875778Country

SloveniaTraditional regionLittoralStatistical region Coastal–KarstMunicipalityHrpelje-KozinaArea

• Total4.95 km² (1.91 sq mi)Elevation

620.8 m (2,036.7 ft)Population

(2002)

• Total69^[1]

Slope (pronounced [ˈsloːpɛ]) is a village east of Hrpelje in the Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina in the Littoral region of Slovenia close to the border with Croatia.^[2]

Church

The local church is dedicated to the Feast of the Cross and belongs to the Parish of Brezovica.^[3]

Mass grave

Slope is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Kotar Enclosure Cave Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Jama pod Kotarjevo ogrado) is located in a woods northeast of Tublje pri Hrpeljah. It contains the remains of 15 to 17 people, probably German soldiers and Slovene civilians.^[4]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Hrpelje-Kozina municipal site Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ Roman Catholic Diocese of Koper List of Churches May 2008 Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Jama pod Kotarjevo ogrado". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 11, 2023.