Črni Potok pri Kočevju explained

Official Name:Črni Potok pri Kočevju
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Lower Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kočevje
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:6.37
Population As Of:2019
Population Total:154
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.592°N 14.9007°W
Elevation M:468
Postal Code:1330

Črni Potok pri Kočevju (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈtʃəɾni ˈpɔːtɔk pɾi kɔˈtʃeːu̯ju/; German: Schwarzenbach[2] [3]) is a settlement southeast of the town of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[4]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Črni Potok to Črni Potok pri Kočevju in 1953.[5] In the past the German name was Schwarzenbach.[2]

History

The Črni Potok volunteer fire department became a founding unit of the Kočevje municipal fire department on 28 August 1955.[6]

Church

The local church is dedicated to the Magi and belongs to the Parish of Kočevje. Fragments of late 15th-century frescos are preserved on its interior walls. Its main altar dates to the early 17th century.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Naselje Črni Potok pri Kočevju . Statistični urad Republike Slovenije . May 7, 2020.
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 34.
  3. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  4. http://www.obcinakocevje.si/ Municipality of Kočevje website
  5. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  6. http://www.gzkocevje.si/zgodovina-gzk Gasilska zveza Kočevja: Zgodovina
  7. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage