Sveta Trojica, Domžale
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Sveta Trojica Vrh Svete Trojice (until 1952), Trojica (1955–1992) |
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 Sveta Trojica
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| Coordinates: 46°7′25.65″N 14°40′24.25″E / 46.1237917°N 14.6734028°ECoordinates: 46°7′25.65″N 14°40′24.25″E / 46.1237917°N 14.6734028°E | |
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 Slovenia
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| Traditional region | Upper Carniola |
| Statistical region | Central Slovenia |
| Municipality | Domžale |
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| • Total | 1.78 km2 (0.69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 482.2 m (1,582.0 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 62 |
Sveta Trojica (pronounced [ˈsʋeːta tɾɔˈjiːtsa]; German: Heiligendreifaltigkeit) is a settlement in the hills east of Domžale, in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Konfin and Uševk (in older sources also Olševek,German: Uscheuk).
The name of the settlement was changed from Vrh Svete Trojice (literally, 'Holy Trinity Peak') to Sveta Trojica (literally, 'Holy Trinity') in 1952. The name was changed again to Trojica (literally, 'Trinity') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The name Sveta Trojica was restored in 1992. In the past the German name was Heiligendreifaltigkeit.
During the Second World War, the village and the surrounding area was used for convalescence by Partisan soldiers crossing the Sava River into Lower Carniola. Various Partisan units bivouacked in Sveta Trojica and Partisan meetings were held there. On 22 July 1944, Partisan forces repelled a German raid on the village. German troops burned the main settlement of Sveta Trojica, the hamlet of Uševk, and part of Konfin on 22 August 1944.
On 2 April 1944 at about 11 am, an American bomber B-24 Liberator crashed near the village after it was damaged by a German air raid on its return from the bombing of a ball-bearing plant at Steyr (Austria). All of the crew members were able to jump out of the plane. Five of them escaped and join the Partisans, whereas the other five were captured by the Germans, but all of them survived and safely returned home. In 1994 a monument by the academic sculptor Tone Demšar was unveiled in Sveta Trojica in memory of this event. The unveiling ceremony was attended by some of the still living crew members.
Sveta Trojica is the site of an unmarked grave from the Second World War. The Sever Shaft Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Severjevo brezno), also known as the Vastance Grave (Grobišče V Vastancah), is located about 1 km east of Sveta Trojica, on the left side of a dirt road between house no. 11 and the Vovk farm in Zgornja Javoršica. During the war, the Partisans accused a civilian from Zajelše of betrayal, shot him, and hid the body in the shaft. After the war, the remains were removed and reburied.
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