Kočevske Poljane

Kočevske Poljane
Kočevske Poljane

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°43′29.04″N 15°3′18.82″E / 45.7247333°N 15.0552278°E / 45.7247333; 15.0552278Coordinates: 45°43′29.04″N 15°3′18.82″E / 45.7247333°N 15.0552278°E / 45.7247333; 15.0552278
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Dolenjske Toplice
Area
 • Total 2.59 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Elevation 187.9 m (616.5 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 100
[1]

Kočevske Poljane (pronounced [kɔˈtʃeu̯ːskɛ pɔˈljaːnɛ]; German: Pöllandl[2][3]) is a village in the Municipality of Dolenjske Toplice in Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[4]

Name

Gravestone detail with the Slovene and German names of the village

The name of the settlement was changed from Poljane to Kočevske Poljane in 1953.[5] In the past the German name was Pöllandl.[2][3]

History

Pöllandl was a village settled by Gottschee Germans inside the Gottschee region until 1941. During the Second World War its original population was resettled by the German authorities. However, some Gottscheer families managed to resist and prevent expulsion, and most of these collaborated with the Partisans of the Liberation Front of the Slovene People, which had a base (Baza 20) nearby. Their dialect Gottscheerish was forbidden after World War II, and so today there are only a few people left that speak it.[6][7]

Church

The local parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It dates to the 17th century. A second church belonging to the parish, built just north of the settlement is dedicated to Mary Help of Christians and was a pilgrimage church built in the late 17th century.[8] The cemetery is one of only ten in the Kočevje region to have (mostly) preserved the tombstones of the Gottschee Germans.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Kočevske Poljane include the following:

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 156.
  3. 1 2 Ferenc, Mitja, & Gojko Zupan. 2012. Izgubljene kočevske vasi, vol. 2 (K–P). Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani, p. 224.
  4. ↑ Dolenjske Toplice municipal site
  5. ↑ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  6. ↑ Pokrajinski muzej Kočevje: Vsi niso odšli / Nicht alle sind gegangen
  7. ↑ Zdravko Troha: Kočevski Nemci – partizani (Gottschee Germans – Partisans), Kočevje, Arhiv Slovenije. Slovensko kočevarsko društvo Peter Kosler, Ljubljana 2004, ISBN 961-91287-0-2
  8. ↑ "EŠD 2140 & 2141". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  9. ↑ Ferenc, Mitja, & Gojko Zupan. 2012. Izgubljene kočevske vasi, vol. 2 (K–P). Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani.

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