Lehen na Pohorju

Lehen na Pohorju
Lehen na Pohorju
	Lehen na Pohorju Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°32′40.47″N 15°19′42.5″E / 46.5445750°N 15.328472°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Carinthia
Municipality	Podvelka
Area
• Total	8.49 km2 (3.28 sq mi)
Elevation	486.7 m (1,596.8 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	183

Lehen na Pohorju (pronounced [ˈlèːxən na ˈpóːxɔɾju]) is a dispersed settlement in the Pohorje Hills in the Municipality of Podvelka in Slovenia.^[2]

Mass grave

Lehen na Pohorju is the site of a mass grave from the Second World War. The Lehen Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Lehen) is located above the Urbanc farm, at Lehen na Pohorju no. 17. It contains the remains of eight Slovene civilians. They had sought to join a local Partisan unit, but were accused of being spies. The Partisans tortured and then murdered the victims on 4 January 1944, and burned their bodies. The local people collected the remains and buried them in the forest above the house.^[3]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Podvelka municipal site
^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Lehen". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

External links

Lehen na Pohorju on Geopedia

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[1] Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

[2] Podvelka municipal site

[3] Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Lehen". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

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