Žvirče (pronounced [ˈʒʋiːɾtʃɛ]; German: Schwörz[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Žužemberk in southeastern Slovenia.

[3] Žvirče was burned several times by Italian forces during the Second World War.

[4] At the end of 1944, six Partisans were killed and 11 wounded in an engagement with German forces.

[citation needed] On 15 March 1945, the 15th division of the Yugoslav Partisans burned the village and evicted the population.

[5][6][7] The former church in Žvirče was dedicated to John the Baptist and was dynamited by the Partisans on 15 March 1945.