Bukovska Vas

Bukovska Vas
Bukovska Vas

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°32′56.4″N 15°2′59.85″E / 46.549000°N 15.0499583°E / 46.549000; 15.0499583Coordinates: 46°32′56.4″N 15°2′59.85″E / 46.549000°N 15.0499583°E / 46.549000; 15.0499583
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Carinthia
Statistical region Carinthia
Municipality Dravograd
Area
 • Total 1.32 km2 (0.51 sq mi)
Elevation 363 m (1,191 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 341
[1]

Bukovska Vas (pronounced [buˈkoːu̯ska ˈʋaːs]; Slovene: Bukovska vas, German: Buchdorf[2][3]) is a settlement on the left bank of the Mislinja River in the Municipality of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia.[4] It includes the hamlet of Sveta Jedrt (or Sveta Jedert).[5]

Name

Bukovska Vas was first mentioned in written sources in 1168 as Půchdorf.[5][6][7][8] The name is interpreted locally as referring to former forests of beech trees (Slovene: bukev) or to large farms where unschooled writers lived (Slovene: bukovniki).[5]

History

In the 12th century, Bukovska Vas was a possession of St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavant Valley.[9] In the 16th century, the settlement belonged to Püchenstein Castle (Slovene: Puhštanj, Puhenštanj, Pukštanj) and it had 15 farms and a mill along the Mislinja River.[6]

Mass grave

Bukovska Vas is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The House No. 35 Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče pri hiši 35) is located in the woods south of the village. It contains the remains of a number of Croatians murdered in the second half of May 1945.[10][11]

Church

The church in Bukovska Vas is dedicated to Saint Gertrude (Slovene: sv. Jedrt). It was first mentioned in written sources in 1278. It is furnished in the Baroque style and has a late Romanesque rectangular rib-vaulted chancel. A Gothic sculpture of Saint Gertrude dates to circa 1440, and a sculpture of the Lamb of God in a side niche to circa 1300.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Österreichische Urbare, III. Abteilung: Urbare geistlicher Grundherrschaften, 3. Band: Die mittelalterlichen Stiftsurbare Kärntens. 1968. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, p. 201.
  3. ↑ Weiss, Norbert. 2002. Das Städtewesen der ehemaligen Untersteiermark im Mittelalter: vergleichende Analyse von Quellen zur Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte. Graz : Im Selbstverlag der Historischen Landeskommission für Steiermark, pp. 108, 303.
  4. ↑ Dravograd municipal site
  5. 1 2 3 4 Savnik, Roman, ed. 1980. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 4. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 18.
  6. 1 2 Mlinarič, Jože. 1975. "Gospoščina Puhenštanj pri Dravogradu do okoli leta 1600." Kronika: čašopis za slovensko krajevno zgodovino. 23(3): 153–160. (Slovene)
  7. ↑ Koropec, Jože. 1972. Zemljiške gospoščine med Dravogradom in Maroborom do konca 16. stoletja. Maribor: Obzorja, p. 16.
  8. ↑ Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 550.
  9. ↑ Kos, Franc, & Milko Kos. 1915. Gradivo za zgodovino Slovencev v srednjem veku, vol. 4. Ljubljana: Leonova družba, pp. i, lxvii.
  10. ↑ House No. 35 Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
  11. ↑ Ferenc, Mitja, & Želimir Kužatko. 2007. Prikrita grobišča Hrvatov v Republiki Sloveniji. Ljubljana: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino.

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