| Official Name: | Kočevska Reka |
| 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 Total Km2: | 17.5 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 277 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 45.5749°N 14.7992°W |
| Elevation M: | 567 |
| Postal Code: | 1338 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Kočevska Reka (in Slovenian pronounced as /kɔˈtʃeːu̯ska ˈɾeːka/; German: Rieg[2] [3]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. It was a village settled by Gottschee Germans. A major fire destroyed most of the village in 1929, but it was restored. During the Second World War its original population was expelled. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[4]
The settlement was originally called Reka (literally, 'river'), after the Reka River south of the settlement. The specifier Kočevska 'Kočevje' was added later in order to distinguish the settlement from the town of Rijeka (Slovenian: Reka) on the Kvarner Gulf, with which the population had trade connections.[5]
The Kočevska Reka volunteer fire department became a founding unit of the Kočevje municipal fire department on 28 August 1955.[6]
The local parish church, dedicated to John the Baptist, was a 16th-century building that survived the Second World War, but it was demolished in 1954. The current church was built between 1994 and 1999.[7]
Notable people that were born or lived in Kočevska Reka include: