Gorenje, Kočevje

Gorenje
Gorenje

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°40′14.41″N 14°51′16.43″E / 45.6706694°N 14.8545639°E / 45.6706694; 14.8545639Coordinates: 45°40′14.41″N 14°51′16.43″E / 45.6706694°N 14.8545639°E / 45.6706694; 14.8545639
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Kočevje
Area
  Total 0.68 km2 (0.26 sq mi)
Elevation 498 m (1,634 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 327
[1]

Gorenje (pronounced [ɡɔˈɾeːnjɛ]; in older sources also Gornja vas,[2][3] German: Obrern[3][4]) is a settlement north 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.[5] It includes the hamlets of Pri Studencu (German: Bein Brunnwirth)[3] and Plumbirt.[6]

Cultural heritage

A small late 19th-century chapel in the centre of the village is dedicated to Saint Joseph.[7]

Gallery

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 26.
  3. 1 2 3 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 42–43.
  4. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  5. Kočevje municipal site
  6. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 222.
  7. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 14005

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