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Križna Gora

Križna Gora Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°11′51.5″N 14°16′32.54″E / 46.197639°N 14.2757056°E / 46.197639; 14.2757056
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Upper Carniola
Municipality	Škofja Loka
Area
• Total	2.41 km² (0.93 sq mi)
Elevation	680.7 m (2,233.3 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	102
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Križna Gora (pronounced [ˈkɾiːʒna ˈɡɔːɾa]; German: Kreuzberg^[2]) is a small settlement northwest of Škofja Loka in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Mass graves

Križna Gora is the site of a mass grave and an unmarked grave from the Second World War. The Gorge Peak Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Vrh Soteske) lies in a sinkhole in the woods about 500 meters (1,600 ft) south of Holy Cross Church. It contains the remains of a family of four from Kranj that was murdered by the Partisans during the war.^[3] The Križna Gora Grave (Grobišče Križna Gora) lies on a steep slope west of the house at Križna Gora no. 22. It contains the remains of a local female civilian that was shot by Partisan political activists.^[4]

Church

View from southwest

Main altar

Gothic frescos

Holy Cross Church

The local church on a hill above the settlement is dedicated to the Holy Cross and was built around 1500. It contains many well-preserved frescos from 1502 that depict the legends of Saint Ulrich, to whom the church was dedicated until 1867, and of Saint Corbinian. Some of the frescos in the nave, dating to around 1530,^[5] are believed to be by Jernej of Loka. The hill with the church is a popular destination for short outings by locals.^[6]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived 18 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 62.
^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Vrh Soteske". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Križna Gora". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
^ Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia 19 May 2000, declaring the church to be a cultural monument of national importance
^ Škofja Loka Tourist Association site