Vrbovec, Kočevje

Vrbovec (pronounced [ʋəɾˈbɔːʋəts]; in older sources also Verbovic;[2] German: Tiefental[3] or Tiefenthal[4]) is an abandoned settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. It was inhabited by Gottschee Germans. In 1941, during the Second World War, its population was evicted. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[5]

Vrbovec
Vrbovec
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°43′43.28″N 14°50′25.48″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalityKočevje
Area
 • Total2.59 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Elevation
555.6 m (1,822.8 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total0
[1]

The local church was dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows and was a pilgrimage church. It was demolished in 1951.[6]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Special-Orts-Repertorium von Krain. 1885. Vienna: Alfred Hölder, p. 9.
  3. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  4. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 40.
  5. Kočevje municipal site
  6. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2154


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