Official Name: | Skadanščina |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Coastal–Karst |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Hrpelje-Kozina |
Area Total Km2: | 11.43 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 45 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.5482°N 14.0094°W |
Elevation M: | 568.1 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Skadanščina (pronounced as /sl/; it|Scadansina) is a small village in the Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina in the Littoral region of Slovenia close to the border with Croatia.[2]
Skadanščina is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Bukovje Cave Mass Grave (sl|Grobišče Jama v Bukovju) is located south-southwest of the village. It contains the remains of 12 German SS members.[3]
The local church is dedicated to Saint Roch and belongs to the Parish of Slivje.[4]