Dobro Polje, Ilirska Bistrica

Dobro Polje
Village
Dobro Polje

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°33′45.09″N 14°12′54.36″E / 45.5625250°N 14.2151000°E / 45.5625250; 14.2151000Coordinates: 45°33′45.09″N 14°12′54.36″E / 45.5625250°N 14.2151000°E / 45.5625250; 14.2151000
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Inner Carniola
Statistical region Littoral–Inner Carniola
Municipality Ilirska Bistrica
Area
 • Total 1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Elevation 458.9 m (1,505.6 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 71
[1]

Dobro Polje (pronounced [ˈdɔːbɾo ˈpoːljɛ]; locally also Dobropolje,[2] Italian: Poglie di Torrenova) is a small settlement west of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

Name

The name Dobro Polje literally means 'good field', referring to the local geography, and is of the same origin as Dobro Polje in Serbia, the Slovene regional name Dobrepolje, and Dropolje (German: Tröpolach) in Austria. Locally, the name is pronounced Drapu̯oľe.[4]

Mass grave

Dobro Polje is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Church Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče ob cerkvi) is located on the north side of the church and contains the remains of two German soldiers from the 97th Corps that fell at the beginning of May 1945.[5]

Church

The small church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Florian and belongs to the Parish of Ilirska Bistrica.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Jakopin, Franc, et al. 1985. Slovenska krajevna imena. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 53.
  3. ↑ Ilirska Bistrica municipal site
  4. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 111–112.
  5. ↑ Church Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
  6. ↑ Koper Diocese list of churches

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