Pogorelec

Pogorelec
Pogorelec Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°43′24.32″N 15°1′38.53″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Southeast Slovenia
Municipality	Dolenjske Toplice
Elevation	596.5 m (1,957.0 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	0

Pogorelec (pronounced [pɔɡɔˈɾeːləts]; German: Pogorelz^[1]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Dolenjske Toplice in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.^[2] Its territory is now part of the village of Podstenice.

History

Monument to 600 years of settlement in Pogorelec

Pogorelec was a Gottschee German village. In 1931 the village had five houses and a population of 24. The original inhabitants were expelled in the fall of 1941. Italian troops burned the village in the summer of 1942 during the Rog Offensive. After the war a lodge with a large hay loft belonging to the Podturn Forestry Works was built here, used for part of the year by forestry workers.^[3]

References

1. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
2. Dolenjske Toplice municipal site
3. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 523.

External links

• Pogorelec on Geopedia
• Pre–World War II map of Pogorelec with oeconyms and family names
• Učenci OŠ Semič na Pogorelcu pri Črmošnjicah