Ukanc

Ukanc
Ukanc

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°16′37.83″N 13°49′45.6″E / 46.2771750°N 13.829333°E / 46.2771750; 13.829333Coordinates: 46°16′37.83″N 13°49′45.6″E / 46.2771750°N 13.829333°E / 46.2771750; 13.829333
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Bohinj
Elevation 546.2 m (1,792.0 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 41
[1]

Ukanc (pronounced [ˈuːkants]) is a settlement near Lake Bohinj in the Municipality of Bohinj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is southwest of the lake. The majority of buildings in the settlement are either hotels or holiday houses.

Name

Ukanc was attested in written sources in 1498 under various names: Vkanes, Vkentzi, Vkantzich, Nakonczi, Vkonczich, and Vkansczich. The name is a fused dialect form of the prepositional phrase v konec 'to/at the end', referring to its location at the end of the Bohinj Basin.[2]

Cemetery

An Austro-Hungarian cemetery with a wooden chapel is in Ukanc, near the former Isonzo front of the First World War.[3]

Mass grave

Ukanc is the site of a former mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Ukanc Mass Grave (Slovene: Pri Ukancu) was located on the west shore of Lake Bohinj. It contained the remains of Croatian victims and has been exhumed.[4]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 445.
  3. http://www.slovenia.info/?kul_zgod_znamenitosti=1730
  4. Ukanc Mass Grave on Geopedia (Slovene)
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