Predmeja
Predmeja | |
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| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Littoral |
| Statistical region | Gorizia |
| Municipality | Ajdovščina |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20.74 km2 (8.01 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 896.5 m (2,941.3 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 363 |
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Predmeja (pronounced [pɾɛdˈmɛːja]; formerly Dol pri Otlici[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It lies on the edge of a karst plateau north of the town of Ajdovščina, overlooking the Vipava Valley.[3] Together with the ridge-top villages of Otlica, Kovk, and Gozd, it is part of an area locally known as Gora (literally, 'the mountain').[4]
History
Mass graves
Predmeja is the site of four known mass graves associated with the Second World War. The Rob Shaft Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Brezno za Robom) is located on the Trnovo Forest Plateau (Slovene: Trnovski gozd), east of Predmeja. It contains the remains of German soldiers and unidentified civilians.[5] The Medvedovše Shaft Mass Grave ([Grobišče Brezno za Medvedovšem] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is located on the Trnovo Forest Plateau, about 1 km northeast of Predmeja. It contains the remains of unidentified victims.[6] The Medvedovše Grave ([Grob Medvedovše] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is located on the Trnovo Forest Plateau, at a small level spot on the slope left of the road branching off to the north at the Medvedovše farm (Predmeja no. 83). It contains the remains of a Partisan soldier murdered by other Partisans during the war.[7] The Bratin Shaft Mass Grave ([Grobišče Bratinov brezen] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is located on the edge of the Trnovo Forest Plateau, east of Predmeja, and the top of a headwall above the cliff over the Lokavšček Springs. The entrance is on a cliff shelf. The grave contains the remains of seven Partisans killed by Italian troops.[8]
2016 aircraft crash
The German millionaire Thomas Wagner from Unister Holding GmbH, Germany died at age 38 in an airplane accident in this area on July 14, 2016.[9] Wagner was a German internet star that founded Unister in 2002 in the eastern German city of Leipzig. This large online company has employed as many as 2,100 employees and operates 60 European travel websites (e.g., ab-in-den-urlaub.de in Germany and fly24.co.uk in UK).[10]
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 27.
- ^ Ajdovščina municipal site
- ^ Ajdovščina Tourism Information Center. Naša dežela: Gora.
- ^ Rob Shaft Mass Grave on Geopedia Template:Sl icon
- ^ Medvedovše Shaft Mass Grave on Geopedia Template:Sl icon
- ^ Medvedovše Grave on Geopedia Template:Sl icon
- ^ Bratin Shaft Mass Grave on Geopedia Template:Sl icon
- ^ Našli rep letala, ki je z nemškim multimilijonarjem na krovu strmoglavilo na območju Ajdovščine. 2016. 24ur.com (October 8).
- ^ Ex-Unister-Sprecher Korosides glaubt nicht an Unfall. 2016. Leipziger Volkszeitung (July 14).
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