Pokoše
Sign in to savePokoše () is a village northeast of Slovenska Bistrica in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica in the Drava Statistical Region.
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Place details
- Locality
- Pokoše
- Region
- Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica
- Country
- Slovenija
- Population
- 1,208
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Pokoše
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Slovenia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Traditional region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Styria
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Statistical region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Drava
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica
- Population
- +191
- Area
- +4.39
- Elevation
- +308
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
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Article
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- Mass grave
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Pokoše () is a village northeast of Slovenska Bistrica in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica in the Drava Statistical Region.
==Mass grave== Pokoše is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Velenik Mass Grave () is located about east of the north freeway exit for Slovenska Bistrica. It contains the remains of civilians from Slovenska Bistrica that were murdered in May 1945 and buried in a former antitank trench.