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{{Short description|Settlement in the Municipality of Žumberak, Zagreb County, Croatia}}
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'''Sošice''' is a [[Settlement (Croatia)|settlement]] in the [[municipalities of Croatia|municipality]] of [[Žumberak (municipality)|Žumberak]], [[Zagreb County]], [[Croatia]]. According to the [[2011 Croatian census|2011 census]], it has 77 inhabitants.<ref name=census>{{Croatian Census 2011|S|01|5401}}</ref>
The name of the settlement was mentioned in written documents for the first time in Bernard's gift book, when the [[monastery]] in [[Kostanjevica na Krki]] acquired part of the land in Sošice in 1249. <ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |title=Sošice – u prostoru i vremenu {{!}} Udruga Žumberački uskoci |url=https://uskok-sosice.hr/sosice-u-prostoru-i-vremenu/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |language=hr}}</ref>
The town was an important settlement of the [[Croatian Greek Catholic Church|Greek Catholic Church in Croatia]].<ref name="Slobodna">[http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Mozaik/tabid/80/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/51288/Default.aspx REPORTAŽA o hrvatskim grkokatolicima koji poručuju: Sjetite se i nas, braćo latinska], [[Slobodna Dalmacija]]</ref> The local parish was formed {{circa}} 1746.<ref>[http://www.mojzumberak.com/Sacro_info/Grkokatolieki__upni_uredi/_upa_Sosice/_upa_sosice.html Župa Sošice]</ref> The parish home was burnt down along with the local school in 1942 by [[Yugoslav Partisans]].<ref name="Slobodna" />
[[Jazovka]], a pit which contained a mass grave from [[World War II]], is located near the settlement.
== Notable people ==
* [[Branko Ve Poljanski]]
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