Lehen na Pohorju

Place in Styria, Slovenia

46°32′40.47″N 15°19′42.5″E / 46.5445750°N 15.328472°E / 46.5445750; 15.328472Country

SloveniaTraditional regionStyriaStatistical regionCarinthiaMunicipalityPodvelkaArea

• Total8.49 km² (3.28 sq mi)Elevation

486.7 m (1,596.8 ft)Population

(2002)

• Total183^[1]

Lehen na Pohorju (pronounced [ˈlèːxən na ˈpóːxɔɾju]) is a dispersed settlement in the Pohorje Hills in the Municipality of Podvelka in Slovenia.^[2]

Mass grave

Lehen na Pohorju is the site of a mass grave from the Second World War. The Lehen Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Lehen) is located above the Urbanc farm, at Lehen na Pohorju no. 17. It contains the remains of eight Slovene civilians. They had sought to join a local Partisan unit, but were accused of being spies. The Partisans tortured and then murdered the victims on 4 January 1944, and burned their bodies. The local people collected the remains and buried them in the forest above the house.^[3]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Podvelka municipal site
^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Lehen". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 11, 2023.