Kvasica

Kvasica (pronounced [kʋaˈsiːtsa]; German: Quasitza[2]) is a settlement on main road from Črnomelj to Dragatuš in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Kvasica
Kvasica
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°32′27.2″N 15°9′38.01″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionWhite Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalityČrnomelj
Area
 • Total2.14 km2 (0.83 sq mi)
Elevation
160.6 m (526.9 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total49
[1]

History

Two stone axes have been found near the village, testifying to ancient settlement in the area.[4] During the Second World War, a Romani school operated at the former dairy in Kvasica, attended by children from Kanižarica. It was active for only a few months,[4] until the population was massacred by a Partisan unit at Rožič Vrh in the summer of 1942.[5][6] The Partisans attacked and destroyed an Italian military convoy south of the village on 22 September 1942. A monument to the attack was unveiled in 1959.[4]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 48.
  3. Črnomelj municipal site
  4. Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 43.
  5. "Genocid nad Cigani na Blokah in v Iški." 2010. Zaveza 43 (25 February). Archived 2012-12-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovene)
  6. Polič, Radko. 1975. Belokranjski odred. Ljubljana: Partizanska knjiga, p. 238.


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