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Bukovska Vas

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Country
  
Statistical region
  
Elevation
  
363 m

Local time
  
Monday 12:02 PM

Traditional region
  
Carinthia

Municipality
  
Dravograd

Area
  
132 ha

Population
  
341 (2002)

Bukovska Vas

Weather
  
8°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 65% Humidity

Bukovska Vas ([buˈkoːu̯ska ˈʋaːs]; Slovene: Bukovska vas, German: Buchdorf) is a settlement on the left bank of the Mislinja River in the Municipality of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia. It includes the hamlet of Sveta Jedrt (or Sveta Jedert).

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Map of Bukovska Vas, Slovenia

Name

Bukovska Vas was first mentioned in written sources in 1168 as Půchdorf. The name is interpreted locally as referring to former forests of beech trees (Slovene: bukev) or to large farms where unschooled writers lived (Slovene: bukovniki).

History

In the 12th century, Bukovska Vas was a possession of St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavant Valley. In the 16th century, the settlement belonged to Püchenstein Castle (Slovene: Puhštanj, Puhenštanj, Pukštanj) and it had 15 farms and a mill along the Mislinja River.

Mass grave

Bukovska Vas is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The House No. 35 Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče pri hiši 35) is located in the woods south of the village. It contains the remains of a number of Croatians murdered in the second half of May 1945.

Church

The church in Bukovska Vas is dedicated to Saint Gertrude (Slovene: sv. Jedrt). It was first mentioned in written sources in 1278. It is furnished in the Baroque style and has a late Romanesque rectangular rib-vaulted chancel. A Gothic sculpture of Saint Gertrude dates to circa 1440, and a sculpture of the Lamb of God in a side niche to circa 1300.

References

Bukovska Vas Wikipedia


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