Sidol

Sidol is a small settlement in the Tuhinj Valley in the Municipality of Kamnik in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It lies in a small enclosed valley in the hills above Šmartno v Tuhinju.

Geography

Sidol is a clustered village on a small plain above the Nevljica River. To the south are Bare Peak and Velink Hill. Sidol includes the hamlet of Jevnik in a small valley west of the main village core.

Name

Sidol was first mentioned in written sources in 1291 and circa 1400 as Suchidol. The name is a dialect contraction of Suhi dol. The name refers to the local geography because there is no spring in Sidol.

History

A bronze sculpture of a Roman deity was unearthed in Sidol in 1899 during excavation for a cistern, attesting to early settlement in the area.

Mass grave

Sidol is the site of a Mass [graves in Slovenia|mass grave] from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Jevnik Mass Grave is located in a meadow south of the hamlet of Jevnik, about from the road. It contains the remains of Croatian soldiers, civilians, and Slovenes that were imprisoned at Šmartno v Tuhinju and murdered on May 13, 1945.