Gornje Ložine

Gornje Ložine (pronounced [ˈɡoːɾnjɛ lɔˈʒiːnɛ]; in older sources also Gorenje Ložine,[2] German: Oberloschin[2][3]) is a settlement northeast 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] The settlement includes the site of the former hamlet of Schweinberg[2] at the foot of Jasnica Hill (German: Schweinberg),[5] now occupied by the abandoned Jasnica Recreation and Tourism Center.[6]

Gornje Ložine
Gornje Ložine
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°41′32.51″N 14°48′1.17″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalityKočevje
Area
 • Total6.68 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Elevation
476.3 m (1,562.7 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total119
[1]

History

The Ložine volunteer fire department became a founding unit of the Kočevje municipal fire department on 28 August 1955.[7]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul and belongs to the Parish of Stara Cerkev. It is a 15th-century late Gothic building that was refurbished in the 19th century. The main altar dates to 1861.[8]

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, pp. 42–43.
  3. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  4. Kočevje municipal site
  5. Laas und Čabar (map, 1:75,000). 1903. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut.
  6. "Rekreacijsko turistični center Jasnica prepuščen propadu." 2010. Archived 2014-02-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovene)
  7. Gasilska zveza Kočevja: Zgodovina Archived 2011-06-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovene)
  8. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2300


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