Bezovica, Vojnik

Bezovica
Bezovica Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°17′31.38″N 15°21′3″E / 46.2920500°N 15.35083°ECoordinates: 46°17′31.38″N 15°21′3″E / 46.2920500°N 15.35083°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Savinja
Municipality	Vojnik
Area
• Total	1.01 km^2 (0.39 sq mi)
Elevation	301 m (988 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	46
[1]

Bezovica (pronounced [bɛzɔˈʋiːtsa]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Vojnik in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of the Styria region. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.^[2]

Name

The name Bezovica is derived from the Slavic common noun *bъzъ 'elder', thus originally referring to the vegetation. Similar names based on the same root are common in Slovenian ethnic territory (e.g., Basovizza in Italy and Bezgovica) as well as in other Slavic areas (e.g., Bazje in Croatia, Bzová in the Czech Republic, etc.).^[3]

Mass grave

Bezovica is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Bezovica Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Bezovica) is located in a meadow and in a woods between the Preložnik farm (locally known as the Rihtar farm) and the Krameršek farm. It contains the remains of six German and Slovene civilians murdered in June 1945.^[4]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Vojnik municipal site
3. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 54.
4. Bezovica Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)

External links

• Bezovica at Geopedia