Gorenji Mačkovec

Gorenji Mačkovec
Gorenji Mačkovec Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°36′50.84″N 14°59′2.6″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Southeast Slovenia
Municipality	Kočevje
Elevation	810 m (2,660 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	0

Gorenji Mačkovec (pronounced [ɡɔˈɾeːnji ˈmaːtʃkɔʋəts]; German: Oberkatzendorf)^[1][2] is a remote abandoned former 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 Laze pri Oneku.

History

Gorenji Mačkovec was a village inhabited by Gottschee Germans. It had two houses before the Second World War. The village was burned by Italian troops during the Rog Offensive in August 1942 and was not rebuilt after the war.^[4]

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. 222.

External links

• Gorenji Mačkovec (Gornji Mačkovec) on Geopedia
• Pre–World War II map of Gorenji Mačkovec with oeconyms and family names