Zgornji Otok

Zgornji Otok
Zgornji Otok
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°21′0.11″N 14°12′15.08″E / 46.3500306°N 14.2041889°E / 46.3500306; 14.2041889Coordinates: 46°21′0.11″N 14°12′15.08″E / 46.3500306°N 14.2041889°E / 46.3500306; 14.2041889
Country Slovenia
Region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Radovljica
Elevation 502.5 m (1,648.6 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 55
[1]

Zgornji Otok (pronounced [ˈzɡoːɾnji ˈɔːtɔk]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Geography

Zgornji Otok lies along the road from Zapuže to Mošnje where the foothills of the Kamnik–Savinja Alps meet the Radovljica Basin. An intermittent stream runs through the village; during heavy rains it rises quickly and becomes a tributary of Dobruša Creek. The soil is very sandy.[2]

Mass grave

Zgornji Otok is the site of a mass grave from the end of the Second World War. The Zgornji Otok Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Zgornji Otok) is located on sunken ground in a meadow west of the settlement, a few meters east of the edge of the woods, at a site called Pod Koncami. It contains the remains of 14 Croatian soldiers killed on May 6, 1945.[3]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Zgornji Otok include:

  • Ivan Resman (1848–1905), poet[2]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. 1 2 Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 292.
  3. ↑ Zgornji Otok Mass Grave on Geopedia (in Slovene)
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