The settlement was first attested in written sources in 1484 as Szekiritza, and in 1485 as Szekiricza. The name Sekirišče is derived from the Slavic nickname Sěkyra (related also to the place names Sekirn in Austria, Sekeřice in the Czech Republic, etc.). The name is unlikely to refer to a place cleared by an ax (Slovene: sekira), as sometimes suggested.
Mass grave
The Pavlin Shaft Mass Grave
Sekirišče is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Pavlin Shaft Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Pavlinovo brezno), also known as the Repičnik Shaft Mass Grave (Grobišče Brezno Repičnik), is located 1.5 kilometers (0.93 mi) northeast of Krvava Peč on the south slope of Mount Repičnik. It contains the remains of unidentified victims.
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^Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Pavlinovo brezno". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 2, 2023.