Rigelj, Kočevje

Rigelj
Rigelj

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°41′11.89″N 14°54′48.20″E / 45.6866361°N 14.9133889°ECoordinates: 45°41′11.89″N 14°54′48.20″E / 45.6866361°N 14.9133889°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Kočevje
Elevation 495.9 m (1,627.0 ft)

Rigelj (pronounced [ˈɾiːɡəl]; also Rigelj na Rogu,[1] German: Riegel[2][3]) is a remote abandoned 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.[4] Its territory is now part of the village of Stari Breg.

History

Rigelj was a Gottschee German village. Before the Second World War the settlement had eight houses. Italian troops burned the area in the summer of 1942 during the Rog Offensive and the settlement was not rebuilt.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 241.
  2. ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.
  3. ↑ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  4. ↑ Kočevje municipal site

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