Official Name: | Škemljevec |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | White Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southeast Slovenia |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Metlika |
Area Total Km2: | 2.45 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 23 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.702°N 15.244°W |
Elevation M: | 476 |
Postal Code: | 8331 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Škemljevec (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʃkeːmljɛʋəts/) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Metlika 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.[2]
Škemljevec is the site of a mass grave from the Second World War. The Klemenca Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Klemenca) is located in a shaft southwest of the village. It contains the remains of six local Slovene civilians that were accused of sympathizing with anti-communist forces. The Partisans threw the victims into the cave, and the local people then dumped loam and rocks into the cave and sealed the entrance.[3]