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Zarečje
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Zarečje (; , ) is a village west of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.

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Place details

Locality
Zarečje
Region
Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica
Country
Slovenija
Population
147

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Key facts

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Zarečje
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250px
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Slovenia
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top
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Location in Slovenia
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Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
25px Slovenia
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Traditional region
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Inner Carniola
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Statistical region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Littoral–Inner Carniola
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Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Ilirska Bistrica
Settlement.area_total_km2
2.91
Settlement.population_as_of
2002
Settlement.population_total
171
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Religions

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Wikidata facts

Country
Slovenia
Population
135
Area
2.91
Elevation
434.8
Time zone
UTC+02:00
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female population
73
male population
62
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Mass graves
  • Church
  • References
  • External links

Zarečje (; , ) is a village west of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.

==Mass graves== Zarečje is the site of three known mass graves or unmarked graves from the end of the Second World War. They all contain the remains of German soldiers from the 97th Corps that fell at the beginning of May 1945. The Vrček Mass Grave () is located about west of the village center, on the overgrown edge of a meadow. It contains the remains of 16 soldiers. The Commons Grave () lies along a dirt road to Harije in the woods about south of the church and contains the remains of one soldier. The Klečet Grave () is located in the Klečet meadow about east of the house at Zarečje no. 5a. It contains the remains of one soldier.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zarečje” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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