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Pongrac Sveti Pongrac (until 1955)
PongracLocation in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°12′58.69″N 15°8′11.81″E / 46.2163028°N 15.1366139°E / 46.2163028; 15.1366139
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Savinja
Municipality	Žalec
Area
• Total	14.01 km (5.41 sq mi)
Elevation	317.2 m (1,040.7 ft)
Population
• Total	798

Pongrac (pronounced [pɔŋˈɡɾaːts]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Žalec in east-central Slovenia. It lies in the hills south of Žalec. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Pongrac (literally, 'Saint Pancras') to Pongrac (literally, 'Pancras') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.

Cultural heritage

An Early Iron Age burial ground has been identified in the northwestern part of the settlement, part of a burial ground extending to Sveti Lovrenc in the adjacent Municipality of Prebold and numbering over 180 burial mounds.

Mass graves

Pongrac is the site of two known mass graves from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Britne Sele Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Britne sele), also known as the Halužan Mass Grave (Grobišče pod Halužanom), is located along a wooded slope, at several leveled areas at the edge of the woods. It is south of the house at Pongrac no. 63 and contains the remains of an unknown number of people murdered after the Second World War. The Snowdrop Valley Mass Grave (Grobišče Dolina zvončkov), also known as the Griže Mass Grave (Grobišče Griže), is located in a swampy area along Zibika Creek. It contains the remains of 80 to 100 young Home Guard soldiers transported from the Teharje camp and murdered here on or about 10 June 1945.

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Žalec municipal site
3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
4. Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
5. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
6. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 10395
7. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Britne sele". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
8. Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Dolina zvončkov". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 8, 2023.

External links

• Pongrac on Geopedia

v t e Municipality of Žalec
Settlements	Administrative seat: Žalec Current Arja Vas Brnica Dobriša Vas Drešinja Vas Galicija Gotovlje Grče Griže Hramše Kale Kasaze Levec Liboje Ložnica pri Žalcu Mala Pirešica Migojnice Novo Celje Pernovo Petrovče Podkraj Podlog v Savinjski Dolini Podvin Pongrac Ponikva pri Žalcu Ruše Šempeter v Savinjski Dolini Spodnje Grušovlje Spodnje Roje Studence Velika Pirešica Vrbje Zabukovica Zalog pri Šempetru Zaloška Gorica Zavrh pri Galiciji Železno Zgornje Grušovlje Zgornje Roje Former Spodnja Ložnica Spodnja Ponikva Zgornja Ložnica Zgornja Ponikva
Landmarks	Hell Cave Novo Celje Mansion Šempeter Necropolis

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