Kočarji

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Kočarji
Kočarji
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°35′30.28″N 14°56′59.98″E / 45.5917444°N 14.9499944°E / 45.5917444; 14.9499944Coordinates: 45°35′30.28″N 14°56′59.98″E / 45.5917444°N 14.9499944°E / 45.5917444; 14.9499944
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Kočevje
Area
  Total 4.22 km2 (1.63 sq mi)
Elevation 496.4 m (1,628.6 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 29
  Density 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi)
[1]

Kočarji (pronounced [ˈkoːtʃarji]; sometimes Kožarji,[2][3] German: Niedermösel[2][4]) is a settlement in the hills southeast of the town 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.[5]

The local church, dedicated to Saint Ambrose, was first mentioned in documents dating to 1526 and only survives as a ruin.[6]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 2.0 2.1 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.
  3. Glonar, Joža. 1933. Poučni slovar, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Umetniška propaganda, p. 562.
  4. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  5. Kočevje municipal site
  6. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2768

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