Kočevje
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| Area: | 563.7 km² | |
| Population - males - females | 16,292 7,965 8,327 | |
| Average age: | 41.55 years | |
| Residential areas: - households: - families: | 28.45 m²/person 5,729 4,624 | |
| Working active: - unemployed: | 8,109 1,529 | |
| Average salary (August 2003): - gross: - net: | 201,019 SIT 130,850 SIT | |
| Students: | 480 | |
| Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002. | ||
Kočevje (in German Gottschee) is a city and region in modern day Slovenia, the largest by area, located between the rivers Krka and Kolpa. It is well known for ancient forest and wild animals, including brown bears. From the middle of the 13th to the middle of the 20th century, Gottschee was a German linguistic enclave. The German speakers were known for their folk songs.
History
Gottschee was settled in 1300 by the Carinthian Counts of Ortenburg initially with colonists from the Ortenburg estates in Carinthia and Tyrol, and by other settlers who came from Austrian and German Dioceses of Salzburg, Brixen and Freising. The settlers cleared the vacant and heavily forested land, and established towns and rural villages. The area of Carniola that was to become Gottschee had been a strategic part of the Holy Roman Empire since the year 800. As a result, there were a number of important fortifications in and around Gottschee. Gottschee received its municipal charter and city seal in 1471. The Gottschee ethnic and linguistic area consisted of more than 180 villages organized into 31 townships and parishes.
Gottscheers began to emigrate from their homeland around 1870, with most coming to the United States. The largest wave of immigrants came after World War II.
External links
- Kočevje Official Site
- Pokrajinski Muzej Kočevje - Local Museum with a permanent exhibit on the History of the German Population around Gottschee.
- www.gottschee.de Umfangreiche Website über das Thema KoĿevje / Gottschee - viele Hintergrundinformationen über die tragische Umsiedlung der Gottscheer und die Absiedlung / Deportation der Slowenen aus ihrer angestammten Heimat in der Untersteiermark.
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