Nemška Loka
| Nemška Loka | |
|---|---|
_location_map.svg.png)  Nemška Loka | |
| Coordinates: 45°33′29.13″N 15°2′39.02″E / 45.5580917°N 15.0441722°ECoordinates: 45°33′29.13″N 15°2′39.02″E / 45.5580917°N 15.0441722°E | |
| Country |
 Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
| Municipality | Kočevje |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.75 km2 (1.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 466.7 m (1,531.2 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 42 |
| [1] | |
Nemška Loka (pronounced [ˈneːmʃka ˈloːka]; German: Unterdeutschau[2][3]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. It was inhabited mostly 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]
The local parish church was dedicated to Mary Help of Christians and was a large Baroque pilgrimage church. It was demolished after the Second World War.[5] A second church, dedicated to Saint Margaret in the hamlet of Tanči Vrh northwest of the main village was burned down in 1942 when the entire previously abandoned settlement was set on fire. It was not restored after the war. In 1980 the remaining nave collapsed and in 1992 the unsafe sanctuary was removed.[6]
References
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2076
- ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2811
