Ponikve, Semič
| Ponikve | |
|---|---|
_location_map.svg.png)  Ponikve | |
| Coordinates: 45°38′8.67″N 15°4′42.81″E / 45.6357417°N 15.0785583°ECoordinates: 45°38′8.67″N 15°4′42.81″E / 45.6357417°N 15.0785583°E | |
| Country |
 Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
| Municipality | Semič |
| Elevation | 810.2 m (2,658.1 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 0 |
Ponikve (pronounced [pɔˈniːkvɛ]; German: Sporeben[1][2]) is a remote abandoned settlement in the Municipality of Semič in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3] Its territory is now part of the village of Planina.
History
Ponikve was a Gottschee German village. In 1574 the village consisted of four half-farms. It had 12 houses in 1770, but only eight in 1931. The original residents were expelled in the fall of 1941. Italian troops burned the village during the Rog Offensive in the summer of 1942 and it was not rebuilt after the war. After the village was burned, the Partisans built the Kremen hospital in the nearby forest. The hospital continued to function until February 1945. The Partisan Veterans' Organization restored the headquarters building of the hospital in 1956.[4]
References
- ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 6.
- ↑ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
- ↑ Semič municipal site
- ↑ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 51.
