Breg pri Kočevju
Breg pri Kočevju (pronounced [ˈbɾeːk pɾi kɔˈtʃeːu̯ju]; German: Rain[2][3]) is a settlement on the left bank of the Rinža River 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.[4]
Breg pri Kočevju | |
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  Breg pri Kočevju Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°39′28.98″N 14°50′14.65″E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
| Municipality | Kočevje |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.82 km2 (0.32 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 465.7 m (1,527.9 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 336 |
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Name
Breg pri Kočevju was attested in written sources as Rain in 1494.[5] The German common noun Rain means 'marge; bank'[6] and semantically corresponds to the Slovene name Breg (literally, 'bank'), both referring to the village's location on the bank of the Rinža River. The name of the settlement was changed from Breg to Breg pri Kočevju in 1953.[7]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Breg pri Kočevju include:
- Ivan Erker (a.k.a. Johann Erker), nom de guerre Goldšmid (1895–1953), Gottschee German communist politician[8][9][10]
References
- Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 42.
- Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
- Kočevje municipal site
- "Breg pri Kočevju". Slovenska historična topografija. ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- Matthias Lexers Mittelhochdeutsches Taschenwörterbuch (37 ed.). Leipzig: S. Hirzel Verlag. 1986. p. 166.
- Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
- Kužnik, Henrik; Jenko, Rajko; Bravničar, Dušan (April 25, 1985). "Spomenik v spominu ljudstva" (PDF). Dolenjski list (17–18). p. 12. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- Jarc, Janko (1963). "Kočevsko v narodnoosvobodilni vojni" (PDF). Zgodovinski časopis. 17: 45–46. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- Strle, Franci (1980). Tomšičeva brigada. Ljubljana: Odbor 1. SPUB Toneta Tomšiča. pp. 55–57, 60, 70.
External links
- Breg pri Kočevju on Geopedia
- Pre–World War II map of Breg pri Kočevju with oeconyms and family names
Media related to Breg pri Kočevju at Wikimedia Commons
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