Gorenja Bukova Gora Explained

Official Name:Gorenja Bukova Gora
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:top
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
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:none
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.579°N 15.0593°W
Elevation M:710

Gorenja Bukova Gora (in Slovenian pronounced as /ɡɔˈɾeːnja ˈbuːkɔʋa ˈɡɔːɾa/; German: Oberbuchberg[1] [2]) is a remote abandoned settlement in the Municipality 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.[3] Its territory is now part of the village of Bukova Gora.[4]

History

Gorenja Bukova Gora was a Gottschee German village. It was abandoned in the late 19th and early 20th century, when all its inhabitants emigrated, mostly to the United States.[4] [5] A cabin for forestry workers was later built in the vicinity of the village.[4] Together with Srednja Bukova Gora and Spodnja Bukova Gora, it was merged into the settlement of Bukova Gora in 1955.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.
  2. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  3. http://www.obcinakocevje.si/ Kočevje municipal site
  4. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2 . 1971 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 218.
  5. http://giskd2s.situla.org/rkd/Opis.asp?Esd=19526 Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
  6. http://www.dolenjskilist.si/media/arhiv-pdf/dl/1955/DL_1955_07_01_26_0277.pdf "Preimovanje, dopolnitve in popravki nekaterih krajevnih imen." 1955. Dolenjski list 8(25) (1 July): 4.