Country Slovenia Municipality Ilirska Bistrica Area 5 km² Population 75 (2002) | Traditional region Inner Carniola Elevation 512 m Local time Saturday 10:22 PM | |
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Statistical region Littoral–Inner Carniola Weather 11°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 62% Humidity | ||
Sušak ([suˈʃaːk]; Italian: Sussa) is a small village in the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia.
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Map of 6254 Su%C5%A1ak, Slovenia
Mass grave
Sušak is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Hunting Lodge Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče pri lovskem domu) lies about 600 m east of the center of Sušak and about 30 m from a hunting lodge. It contains the remains of German soldiers from the 97th Corps that were killed at the beginning of May 1945.
Church
The local church in the settlement is dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs to the Parish of Jelšane.
References
Sušak, Ilirska Bistrica Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA