Selo pri Pancah

Selo pri Pancah (pronounced [ˈsɛːlɔ pɾi ˈpaːntsax]; in older sources also Sela pri Pancih,^[2] German: Sela bei Pance^[2]) is a small settlement in the City Municipality of Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It lies in the hills southeast of the capital Ljubljana. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.^[3]

Selo pri Pancah
Selo pri Pancah Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°0′8.53″N 14°39′27.31″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Central Slovenia
Municipality	Ljubljana
Area
• Total	2.39 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Elevation	464.3 m (1,523.3 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	58
[1]

Mass graves

One of the excavated Vodice graves

A marked tree at the Vodice graves

Mass graves in Selo pri Pancah

Selo pri Pancah is the site of 11 known mass graves associated with the Second World War. They contain the remains of Slovene civilians that were accused of spying and were murdered by the Partisans in spring 1942. The Vodice 1–10 mass graves (Slovene: Grobišče Vodice 1–10) are located in the woods northeast of the village.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]} The Cirje 1 Mass Grave (Grobišče Cirje 1), also known as Miha's Hill Mass Grave (Grobišče Miha hrib), is located on the slope of Miha's Hill (Mihov hrib) on the left bank of the Pance River (Panška reka).^[14]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 108.
3. Municipality of Ljubljana website
4. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Vodice 1". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
5. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Vodice 2". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
6. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Vodice 3". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
7. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Vodice 4". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
8. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Vodice 5". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
9. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Vodice 6". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
10. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Vodice 7". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
11. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Vodice 8". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
12. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Vodice 9". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
13. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Vodice 10". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
14. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Cirje 1". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 23, 2023.

External links

• Media related to Selo pri Pancah at Wikimedia Commons
• Selo pri Pancah on Geopedia