Bovše

Bovše
Bovše Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°16′53.21″N 15°20′49.21″E / 46.2814472°N 15.3470028°ECoordinates: 46°16′53.21″N 15°20′49.21″E / 46.2814472°N 15.3470028°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Savinja
Municipality	Vojnik
Area
• Total	1.24 km^2 (0.48 sq mi)
Elevation	341.2 m (1,119.4 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	103
[1]

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

Mass grave

Bovše is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Tudrež Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Tudrež) is located on the edge of the woods south of Tudrež Hill, next to Grilc Creek (Grilčev potok) by the Knafelc Meadow (Knafelčev travnik). It contains the remains of 13 male and female ethnic German civilians from Vojnik that were murdered in June 1945. The grave site was confirmed through probing in July 2010.^[3]

Cultural heritage

The farmhouse at Bovše no. 7 is registered as cultural heritage. The one-story house dates to the mid-19th century and is a square stone structure. It has a gabled roof covered with clay roof tiles. The facade is segmented and there are the remnants of a fresco on the gable. The house stands among a cluster of farm buildings at a crossroads in the center of the village.^[4]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Vojnik municipal site
3. Tudrež Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 25127

External links

• Bovše at Geopedia