Official Name: | Turkova Draga |
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: | 45.5365°N 14.9332°W |
Elevation M: | 555.2 |
Turkova Draga (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈtuːɾkɔʋa ˈdɾaːɡa/; in older sources also Dolenja Turkova Draga,[1] German: Unterfliegendorf,[1] [2] Gottscheerish: Shuəchə, Tirknshuəchə, Peatscharə[3]) is an abandoned village 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.[4] It no longer has any permanent residents. Its territory is now part of the village of Muha Vas.
Turkova Draga was a Gottschee German village. It was attacked and laid waste in an Ottoman raid in 1491.[5] Before the Second World War the village had nine houses and a population of 46. Its economy was based on subsistence farming and peddling. There was a mill in the village and a few craftsmen's workshops.[6] It was burned by Italian troops in the summer of 1942 and never restored.[5]