Gorenja Loka Explained

Official Name:Gorenja Loka
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:0
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.5718°N 15.0446°W
Elevation M:602.2

Gorenja Loka (in Slovenian pronounced as /ɡɔˈɾeːnja ˈloːka/; also Gorenja Nemška Loka,[1] [2] German: Oberdeutschau[3] [4]) 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.[5] Its territory is now part of the village of Hrib pri Koprivniku.

History

Gorenja Loka was a Gottschee German village. It was founded in the 14th century.[6] Before the Second World War it had six houses. All of the houses in the settlement were burned by Italian troops in the summer of 1942 during the Rog Offensive and it was never rebuilt.[7] The site of the former village is registered as cultural heritage.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Glonar, Joža. 1931. Poučni slovar. Ljubljana: Umetniška propaganda, p. 427.
  2. Simonič, Ivan. 1935. "Kočevarji v luči krajevnih in ledinskih imen." Glasnik Muzejskega društva za Slovenijo 16: 61–81 and 106–123, p. 78.
  3. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.
  4. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  5. http://www.obcinakocevje.si/ Kočevje municipal site
  6. http://giskd2s.situla.org/rkd/Opis.asp?Esd=22985 Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
  7. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2 . 1971 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 221.