Hrušica, Jesenice

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Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia

Hrušica

Hrušica

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°26′45.25″N 14°0′46.76″E﻿ / ﻿46.4459028°N 14.0129889°E﻿ / 46.4459028; 14.0129889
Country|  Slovenia
Traditional region| Upper Carniola
Statistical region| Upper Carniola
Municipality| Jesenice
Elevation

| 590.7 m (1,938.0 ft)
Population

(2002)

• Total

| 1,843
[1]

Hrušica (pronounced [ˈxɾuːʃitsa], German: Birnbaum[2]) is a settlement 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Jesenice along the main road to Kranjska Gora in the Municipality of Jesenice in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

## Geography

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Hrušica lies above the left bank of the Sava River below Hrušica Peak (Slovene: Hruški vrh, 1,176 m [3,858 ft]) in the Karawanks to the north, and Mount Kisovec (1,289 m [4,229 ft]) and the Mežakla Plateau to the south. Dobršnik Creek, which has its source below Hrušica Peak, flows through the western part of the settlement. The Hrušica Pasture (Slovene: Hruševska planina or Hruška planina, 1,207 metres [3,960 ft]) and Petelin Pasture (1,400 m [4,600 ft]) lie above Hrušica in the Karawanks.[3]

## History

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In 1906 the 7,976-metre-long (26,168 ft) two-rail track Karawanks railway tunnel was built at Hrušica and in 1991 the 7,864-metre-long (25,801 ft) road tunnel was completed.

### Mass graves

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Hrušica is the site of three mass graves from the period immediately after the Second World War.[4] All of the graves contain the remains of Home Guard prisoners of war that were repatriated from Austria after the war and murdered. Each site contains the remains of an unknown number of victims. The Hrušica No. 56 Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče za hišo Hrušica 56) is located behind the house at Huršica no. 56.[5] The Hrušica 1 Mass Grave (Grobišče Hrušica 1) lies 40 metres (130 ft) east of the house at Hrušica no. 83,[6] and the Hrušica 2 Mass Grave (Grobišče Hrušica 2) lies on the slope above it.[7]

## Notable people

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Notable people that were born or lived in Hrušica include:

* Stanko Klinar (1933–2023), translator and linguist
* Anže Kopitar (born 1987), ice hockey player
* Ivan Krivec (a.k.a. Pavle) (1906–1944), Partisan and communist party secretary[3]

## References

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1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 144.
3. ^ a b Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 114–115.
4. ^ Dežman, Jože. 2009. Poročilo Komisije vlade Republike Slovenije za reševanje vprašanj prikritih grobišč: 2005-2008. Ljubljana: Družina, p. 1909.
5. ^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče za hišo Hrušica 56". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
6. ^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Hrušica 1". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
7. ^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Hrušica 2". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

## External links

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* Media related to Hrušica at Wikimedia Commons
* Hrušica on Geopedia
* history, at Volunteer Firefighters of Hrušica

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Municipality of Jesenice

Settlements|

Administrative seat: Jesenice

| Current|

* Blejska Dobrava
* Hrušica
* Javorniški Rovt
* Kočna
* Koroška Bela
* Lipce
* Planina pod Golico
* Plavški Rovt
* Podkočna
* Potoki
* Prihodi
* Slovenski Javornik

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Former|

* Javornik
* Murova
* Plavž
* Podmežakla
* Stara Sava

Landmarks|

* Golica
* Javornik Falls
* Jesenice Train Station
* Karawanks Tunnel (motorway)
* Karawanks Tunnel (railway)
* Kos Manor
* Mežakla Plateau
* Plavž Memorial Park
* Podmežakla Hall
* Pristava House
* Ruard Manor
* Upper Sava Museum
* Vintgar Gorge
* Workers' Barracks
* Zois Park

Places of worship|

* Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Roch's Church
* Holy Cross Church
* Jesenice Mosque
* St. Leonard's Church
* Sts. Ingenuin and Albuin Church
* St. Stephen's Church

Notable people|

* Miha Baloh
* Helena Blagne
* Tone Čufar
* Anton Dežman
* Tomaž Ertl
* Jože Gregorčič
* Miran Hladnik
* Anže Kopitar
* Thomas Luckmann
* Miha Mazzini
* Vencelj Perko
* Jaka Torkar
* Matija Verdnik
* Andrej Žvan

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* France
* BnF data

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