Tekačevo

Tekačevo
Spodnje/Zgornje Tekačevo (until 1952)
The rail halt in Tekačevo
The rail halt in Tekačevo
Tekačevo is located in Slovenia
Tekačevo
Tekačevo
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°14′22.37″N 15°37′0.61″E / 46.2395472°N 15.6168361°E / 46.2395472; 15.6168361
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionSavinja
MunicipalityRogaška Slatina
Area
 • Total
1.47 km2 (0.57 sq mi)
Elevation
268 m (879 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
243

Tekačevo (pronounced [tɛˈkaːtʃɛʋɔ], in older sources Takačevo, German: Takatschevo) is a settlement in the Municipality of Rogaška Slatina in eastern Slovenia. The railway line from Celje to Rogaška Slatina runs through the settlement. The wider area around Rogaška Slatina is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Spodnje Tekačevo and Zgornje Tekačevo to Tekačevo in 1952.

Mass murder

On 4 March 1997, a never resolved mass murder, considered the worst or one of the worst murders in independent Slovenia, happened in Tekačevo. Four people (a married couple and their tenants) were killed. The only suspect has been Kristijan Kamenik, but his involvement has never been proved.

Laufendorf

It is also the home of the band Laufendorf, with their most popular songs being "Podrtija ob Cesti," "Ka vse," and "Podbočar."[citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 248.
  3. ↑ Rogaška Slatina municipal site
  4. ↑ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. ↑ "Kako je mogoče, da po 20 letih še nihče ni bil kaznovan za štirikratni umor v Tekačevem?" [How is it possible, that after 20 years, no one has been sentenced for murders in Tekačevo?]. 24ur.com (in Slovenian). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.