Gornja Topla Reber Explained

Official Name:Gornja Topla Reber
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:45.7613°N 14.976°W
Elevation M:838.9

Gornja Topla Reber (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈɡoːɾnja ˈtɔːpla ˈɾeːbəɾ/; German: Oberwarmberg[1]) 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.[2] Its territory is now part of the village of Topla Reber.[3]

Name

The name Gornja Topla Reber 'upper Topla Reber' contrasts with neighboring Dolnja Topla Reber 'lower Topla Reber', which stands 137m (449feet) below the former. The shared part of the names means 'warm slope', referring to the geographical position of the settlements on a sun-exposed southwest-facing slope.[4] The semantically corresponding German names Oberwarmberg and Unterwarmberg share the same contrastive relation.

History

Gornja Topla Reber was a village inhabited by Gottschee Germans. In the winter of 1941–1942 one of the first Partisan bases in the Kočevje area was established in the vicinity. The settlement was burned by Italian troops on 14 August 1942 during the Rog Offensive.[3] Together with Dolnja Topla Reber, it was merged into the settlement of Topla Reber in 1955.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  2. http://www.obcinakocevje.si/ Kočevje municipal site
  3. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2 . 1971 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 246.
  4. Simonič . Ivan . Kočevarji v luči krajevnih in ledinskih imen . Glasnik Muzejskega društva za Slovenijo . 1935 . 16 . 67.
  5. 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.