Dobro Polje, Ilirska Bistrica

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]

Dobro Polje
Village
Dobro Polje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°33′45.09″N 14°12′54.36″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionInner Carniola
Statistical regionLittoral–Inner Carniola
MunicipalityIlirska Bistrica
Area
 • Total1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Elevation
458.9 m (1,505.6 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total71
[1]

Geography

Dobro Polje is a ribbon village consisting of two rows of houses standing along a side road parallel to the main road from Rečica to Harije. It lies on a gentle slope in the Brkini Hills. There are tilled fields and meadows on the slopes and ridges above the village.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

Church

The small church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Florian and belongs to the Parish of Ilirska Bistrica.[7]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Jakopin, Franc; Korošec, Tomo; Logar, Tine; Rigler, Jakob; Savnik, Roman; Suhadolnik, Stane (1985). Slovenska krajevna imena. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba. p. 53.
  3. Ilirska Bistrica municipal site
  4. Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 88.
  5. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. pp. 111–112.
  6. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče ob cerkvi". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  7. Koper Diocese list of churches Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine


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