Košnica pri Celju


Košnica pri Celju is a settlement in the City Municipality of Celje in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the right bank of the Savinja River on the southwestern outskirts of Celje. The area was traditionally part of the Styria region. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Savinja Statistical Region.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Košnica to Košnica pri Celju in 1955.

Mass graves

Košnica pri Celju is the site of three known mass graves from the period immediately after the Second World War. All three graves are located south of the road from Košnica pri Celju to Liboje, south of the house at Košnica pri Celju no. 13, in a meadow alongside Košnica Creek. They contain the remains of ethnically Slovene and German residents of Celje that were murdered between May and July 1945. Field investigations of the graves were carried out in July 2010. Mass Grave 1, also known as the Women's Mass Grave, contains the remains of 400 to 600 victims. Mass Grave 2, also contains the remains of 400 to 600 victims. Mass Grave 3, contains the remains of 600 to 1,000 victims.