Spodnja Bukova Gora

Spodnja Bukova Gora (pronounced [ˈspoːdnja ˈbuːkɔʋa ˈɡɔːɾa]; in older sources also Dolenja Bukova Gora,[1] German: Unterbuchberg[1][2]) is a remote abandoned settlement in the Municipality 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.[3] Its territory is now part of the village of Bukova Gora.[4]

Spodnja Bukova Gora
Spodnja Bukova Gora
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°33′48.69″N 15°3′51.16″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalityKočevje
Elevation
603 m (1,978 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total0

History

Spodnja Bukova Gora was a Gottschee German village. All of the houses in the settlement were burned by Italian troops in August 1942 during the Rog Offensive.[4] Together with Gorenja Bukova Gora and Srednja Bukova Gora, it was merged into the settlement of Bukova Gora in 1955.[5]

References
  1. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.
  2. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  3. Kočevje municipal site
  4. Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 218.
  5. "Preimovanje, dopolnitve in popravki nekaterih krajevnih imen." 1955. Dolenjski list 8(25) (1 July): 4. (in Slovene)


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