Črni Potok pri Kočevju

Črni Potok pri Kočevju
Črni Potok pri Kočevju

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°35′31.14″N 14°54′2.34″E / 45.5919833°N 14.9006500°ECoordinates: 45°35′31.14″N 14°54′2.34″E / 45.5919833°N 14.9006500°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Kočevje
Area
 • Total 6.37 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Elevation 468 m (1,535 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 138
[1]

Črni Potok pri Kočevju (pronounced [ˈtʃəɾni ˈpɔːtɔk pɾi kɔˈtʃeːu̯ju]; German: Schwarzenbach[2][3]) is a settlement 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.[4]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Črni Potok to Črni Potok pri Kočevju in 1953.[5] In the 19th century the German name was Schwarzenbach.[2]

History

The Črni Potok volunteer fire department became a founding unit of the Kočevje municipal fire department on 28 August 1955.[6]

Church

The local church is dedicated to the Magi and belongs to the Parish of Kočevje. Fragments of late 15th-century frescos are preserved on its interior walls. Its main altar dates to the early 17th century.[7]

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. 34.
  3. ↑ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  4. ↑ Kočevje municipal site
  5. ↑ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  6. ↑ Gasilska zveza Kočevja: Zgodovina (Slovene)
  7. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 1595

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