ADLEŠIČI

(photo: Marta Kasunič)
Now...
 

...in around the year 1960...
(postcard, around 1960)
 
 

Where is Adlešiči? The village Adlešiči lies 12 km southeast of Črnomelj, the centre of Bela krajina. It lies on the sothernmost part of Bela krajina, above a steep bank of the Kolpa river covered with trees and bushes. It is divided into three parts: gornji and dolnji Adlešiči (upper and lower Adlešiči) and Nabrežice (Nabreško selo).
 
 

(photo: Marta Kasunič)

In the middle of the village there is a church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, the 'master' of fishermen. It was first mentioned in 1268 as a St Nicholas' forester's chapel. The church has  had its recent form  since the 18th century. It is surrounded by a cemetery.
 
 

(photo: Marta Kasunič)

The village has the Zadružni dom, built in 1955 in which there are a shop, post office, store house and buffet. Next to Zadružni dom there is a Kulturni dom, built in 1980. In the main hall there are pictures of seven prominent men who were born or worked in Adlešiči.
 

Adlešiči has been inhabitated since prehistoric times. On Preložnik and Velika Plešivica they have discovered traces of Ilirian posts. It was inhabitated in the Roman times, too.
In the Middle Ages the area was dominated by the Croats, the Hungarian and later by Istrian lords, counts Andechs- Meran, Spanheim and Gorizia lords. That lasted until the White Carniola was submitted to the Habsburgs in 1374.
Adlešiči faced hard times during World War 2, it was burnt down in 1945.
There are a lot of monuments in the village dedicated to the victims from that time.
 

(photo: Marta Kasunič)

one of the biggest trees in Adlešiči

Marta Kasunič