Gorenji Mačkovec

Gorenji Mačkovec
Gorenji Mačkovec

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°36′50.84″N 14°59′2.6″E / 45.6141222°N 14.984056°ECoordinates: 45°36′50.84″N 14°59′2.6″E / 45.6141222°N 14.984056°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Kočevje
Elevation 810 m (2,660 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 0

Gorenji Mačkovec (pronounced [ɡɔˈɾeːnji ˈmaːtʃkɔvəts]; German: Oberkatzendorf[1][2]) is a remote abandoned former settlement in the Municipality 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.[3] Its territory is now part of the village of Laze pri Oneku.

History

Gorenji Mačkovec was a village inhabited by Gottschee Germans. It had two houses before the Second World War. The village was burned by Italian troops during the Rog Offensive in August 1942 and was not rebuilt after the war.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.
  2. ↑ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  3. ↑ Kočevje municipal site
  4. ↑ Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 222.

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