Official Name: | Koritnice |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Inner Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Littoral–Inner Carniola |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Ilirska Bistrica |
Area Total Km2: | 37.51 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 152 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.62°N 14.286°W |
Elevation M: | 631.4 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Koritnice (pronounced as /sl/; de|Koritnize,[2] it|Coritenza) is a village east of Knežak in the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]
Koritnice is the site of a mass grave from the Second World War. The Slope Cave Mass Grave (sl|Grobišče Jama pod klancem) is located about 2.5km (01.6miles) east of the village. Based on descriptions by spelunkers and reports from local people, it contains the remains of German soldiers thrown into the shaft during the war.[4]
There are two churches in the settlement, both belonging to the Parish of Knežak. The church in the village is dedicated to Saint Anthony the Hermit and a church on a hill north of the settlement is dedicated to Saint Jerome.[5]