Sevnica (pronounced [ˈséːwnitsa] ⓘ; German: Lichtenwald[2]) is a town on the left bank of the Sava River in central Slovenia.

[2] For centuries, the town of Sevnica was situated on the border of two historical regions of the Habsburg Empire: Carniola and Styria.

In the mid-19th century, it became an important center of the Slovene national revival; in 1869, it hosted one of the first mass rallies in favor of a United Slovenia.

During World War II, when the area was annexed by Nazi Germany, the majority of its Slovene inhabitants were expelled and replaced by ethnic Germans resettled from Gottschee County.

[10] The Florian Street Mass Grave (Grobišče ob Florjanski ulici) is located on the north edge of a large field next to a small woods.

[11] The Hraste Mass Grave (Grobišče na Hrastah) is located among the vineyards above the houses on Trubar Street (Trubarjeva ulica).

[12] The Dobrava Mass Grave (Grobišče pod Dobravo) is located in a thicket 15 meters (49 ft) north of the house at Trubar Street no.

[13] The parish church in the town is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje.