Zapotok (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 116.) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the hills south of Ig in central

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. The entire

Municipality of Ig The Municipality of Ig (; ) is a municipality in central Slovenia. Its seat is the settlement of Ig. It was formed in 1995 from parts of the Municipality of Vič–Rudnik, until then one of the five municipalities that formed the Civic Assembly ...

is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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History

During the Second World War, Italian forces burned the village on March 19, 1942.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 440. On July 23, 1942, Italian forces shot fourteen men as hostages in Zapotok; they are all buried at the cemetery on Kurešček Hill in

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. After the war, a collective farm was established in Zapotok. It was initially used to raise cattle, then to produce plastic for a year, then converted into a factory for wooden ware, and finally into a poultry

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Mass grave

Zapotok is the site of a

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associated with the Second World War. The Zapotok Narrow Shaft Mass Grave (), also known as the Viper Cave Mass Grave (), is located on the wooded slope of a steep valley south of the road between Zapotok and

Četež pri Turjaku Četež pri Turjaku () is a settlement in the hills west of Turjak in the Municipality of Velike Lašče in Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region Th ...

. It contains the remains of unknown victims.

References

External links

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Zapotok on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ig {{Ig-geo-stub