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'''Žvirče''' ({{IPA|sl|ˈʒʋiːɾtʃɛ|pron}}; {{langx|de|Schwörz}}<ref name="Leksikon">''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 174.</ref>) is a [[village]] in the [[Municipality of Žužemberk]] in southeastern [[Slovenia]]. The area is part of the historical region of [[Lower Carniola]] and is now included in the [[Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region]].<ref>[http://www.zuzemberk.si/ Žužemberk municipal site]</ref>
==History==
Žvirče was burned several times by Italian forces during the Second World War.{{cn|date=May 2014}} The school was burned in a Partisan attack in March 1943, and the village came under German aerial bombardment on 1 March 1944 and six villagers were killed.<ref>[http://www.zaveza.si/index.php/revija-zaveza/187-zaveza-t-62#index.xml-body.1_div.3_div.1 Maček, Janko. "Odmevi roških detonacij nad požganimi Žvirčami." ''Zaveza'' 62 (21 July)."] {{in lang|sl}}</ref> At the end of 1944, six [[Yugoslav Partisans|Partisans]] were killed and 11 wounded in an engagement with German forces.{{cn|date=May 2014}} On 15 March 1945, the 15th division of the [[Yugoslav Partisans]] burned the village and evicted the population.<ref> Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 549.</ref><ref>[http://www.zaveza.si/index.php/revija-zaveza/170-zaveza-t-14#index.xml-body.1_div.3_div.1 Stanovnik, Justin. 2011. "Vas na meji." ''Zaveza'' 14 (7 July).] {{in lang|sl}}</ref><ref>Kranjc, Joseph G. 2013. ''To Walk with the Devil.'' Toronto: University of Toronto Press, p. 204.</ref>
==Church==
The former church in Žvirče was dedicated to [[John the Baptist]] and was dynamited by the Partisans on 15 March 1945.<ref name="Stanovnik">[http://www.zaveza.si/index.php/revija-zaveza/170-zaveza-t-14#index.xml-body.1_div.3_div.1_div.2 Stanovnik, Justin. 2011. "Vida Pugelj–Jevnikar." ''Zaveza'' 14 (7 July).] {{in lang|sl}}</ref> A new church in Žvirče was built in 1972.<ref name="Stanovnik"/> It is a [[chapel of ease]] dedicated to [[Maximilian Kolbe]].<ref>[http://www.druzina.si/ICD/spletnastran.nsf/zupnija/zupnija-hinje Parish of Hinje.] {{in lang|sl}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.geopedia.world/#T12_L362_F2473:460_x1650077.9632062186_y5744962.77343146_s14_b2345 Žvirče on Geopedia]
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