Novi Breg Explained

Official Name:Novi Breg
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:45.6853°N 14.967°W
Elevation M:590

Novi Breg (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈnɔːʋi ˈbɾeːk/; German: Neubacher[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 Trnovec.

History

Novi Breg was a village inhabited by Gottschee Germans. It had 12 houses before the Second World War. On 12 June 1942 member of the Executive Committee of the Liberation Front, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovenia, and the Partisan Supreme Command met here. There was a large Partisan base on Kamenjak Hill northwest of the settlement, and the Partisan Supreme Command lodged itself in cabins on Royal Rock Hill (Slovenian: Kraljevi kamen) to the northeast, where they also built several bunkers for use as warehouses. On 14 August 1942, during the Rog Offensive by Italian forces, the Executive Committee and Central Committee members also withdrew to a bunker on Royal Rock Hill. During this time settlement was burned by Italian troops. They remained there until 23 August, and then went to Podlipoglav and from there to the Polhov Gradec Hills. The settlement was not rebuilt after the war.[4]

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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 . 234.