Pleš, Dolenjske Toplice Explained

Official Name:Pleš
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:Dolenjske Toplice
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:0
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.705°N 15.1036°W
Elevation M:411.2

Pleš (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈpleːʃ/; German: Plösch[1]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Dolenjske Toplice 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 Dobindol.[3]

History

Pleš was a Gottschee German village. Two houses in the village were burned by Italian troops during the Second World War.[3]

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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.dolenjske-toplice.si/ Dolenjske Toplice municipal site
  3. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 481.