Rajndol

Rajndol
Rajndol

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°34′4.11″N 14°56′50.83″E / 45.5678083°N 14.9474528°E / 45.5678083; 14.9474528Coordinates: 45°34′4.11″N 14°56′50.83″E / 45.5678083°N 14.9474528°E / 45.5678083; 14.9474528
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Kočevje
Area
 • Total 5.27 km2 (2.03 sq mi)
Elevation 509.9 m (1,672.9 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 45
[1]

Rajndol (pronounced [ˈɾaːi̯ndɔl]; German: Reinthal[2] or Reintal[3]) is a small 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]

A mid-18th-century chapel in the village was dedicated to Guardian Angels and was demolished in the 1950s along with much of the ecclesiastical heritage of the Kočevje area.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  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
  5. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2801


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