Morava, Kočevje
| Morava | |
|---|---|
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_location_map.svg.png)  Morava | |
| Coordinates: 45°33′1.98″N 14°51′44.28″E / 45.5505500°N 14.8623000°ECoordinates: 45°33′1.98″N 14°51′44.28″E / 45.5505500°N 14.8623000°E | |
| Country |
 Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
| Municipality | Kočevje |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.17 km2 (2.38 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 536.7 m (1,760.8 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 109 |
| [1] | |
Morava (pronounced [mɔˈraːva]; German: Mrauen[2][3]) is a village in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. It was a village settled by Gottschee Germans. During the Second World War its original population was expelled. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[4] It includes the former hamlet of Mošenik (German: Moschelnik[2]).
Name
Morava was attested in written records in 1498 as Hemoraw. It is believed to be derived from the archaic Slovene common noun *morava '(wet) meadow'.[5] Locally, the village is known as Omrava.[5][6]
Church
The local church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was a Late Gothic building modified in the 19th and early 20th centuries that was demolished in 1955.[7]
References
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ↑ 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. 40.
- ↑ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
- ↑ Kočevje municipal site
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 269–270.
- ↑ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971.Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 232–233.
- ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2788
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