In addition to Radiše / Radsberg itself, the formerly independent municipality consists of other Slovenian villages such as Lipica / Lipizach, Tuce / Tutzach, Verovce / Werouzach, Dvorec / Schwarz, Kozje / Kossiach and others. Partisans stayed in all this territory during the war and fought Nazi garrisons and patrols.
As the Nazis had too much control over the terrain between the Drava and lake Vrbsko jezero - with police drives, increasingly reinforced outposts, and the regular import of police and troops from Klagenfurt / Klagenfurt, the partisans moved here in May 1944. By this time, the Klagenfurt OF organisation was already sending the first holidaymakers, deserters from the German army, to join the troops in the Eastern Gura. From this sector, the company extended its area of action also to the villages in the valley towards Klagenfurt/Klagenfurt. The first such action was in Grabštanj / Grafenstein.
In the autumn, the numbers of the Gura Company increased and it split up. One company stayed in the old Gur area, the other went north across the valley to the Svinška planina / Saualm sector.
In the first days of May 1945, the Nazi leaders of Klagenfurt / Celovec visited Radiše / Radsberg and held talks with the political leadership of the Liberation Front OF about the time after the German capitulation.
Two fallen fighters are buried at Radiše
Martin Ogris, known as Kopajnikov from nearby Tuce / Tutzach, was born on 16 February 1920 and died on 15 October 1944 during the march to the Svinška planina / Saualm, on Šentjanška gora / Johannserberg above Mostič / Brückl. He was initially buried there in the middle of the forest, but after the end of the war he was buried by his relatives on the Radiše / Radsberg cemetery. A plaque with following inscription was placed there:
You have fought and shed your heart's blood so that our heroic people may be free.
We want to honour your sacrifice with our commitment to fight for a better world!
The second partisan fighter buried at Radiše / Radsberg is Lovrenc Pistotnik, locally known as Pobarinov. He was born in 1928 and was hit by an enemy bullet in the shoulder and abdomen on 17 February 1945 at Kurata's barn in Medgorje / Mieger. He was severely wounded and was taken to a hospital in Celovec / Klagenfurt, where he died the next day. His body was originally buried in the town cemetery in Trnji vas / Annabichl, but in the spring of 1946 his relatives dug him up and arranged a grave for him at Radiše / Radsberg. A cast-iron cross was placed on his grave.
Today, the two fallen partisans share a common gravestone; the stone obelisk is carved with inscriptions in both regional languages:
To the fallen partisans 1941 - 1945
Martin Ogris / Lovrenc Pistotnik
Location:
Radiše / Radsberg is located on the eastern slopes of Gure / Sattnitzgebirge, north of the River Drava / Drau and to the right of the road leading from Rož / Rosental to Celovec / Klagenfurt. Radiše / Radsberg is the central village on a plateau, commonly referred to as "sunny Radiše".