Vrbovec, Kočevje

Vrbovec
Vrbovec
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates:
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Kočevje
Area
 • Total 2.59 km2 (1 sq mi)
Elevation 555.6 m (1,823 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 0
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Vrbovec (German: Tiefenthal) is an abandoned settlement in the Kočevje municipality in southern Slovenia. It was inhabited by Gottschee Germans. In 1941, during the Second World War, its population was expelled. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia statistical region.[2]

The local church was dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows and was a pilgrimage church. It was demolished in 1951.[3]

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