Turn, Kočevje

Turn
Turn

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°33′8.63″N 14°59′5.12″E / 45.5523972°N 14.9847556°E / 45.5523972; 14.9847556Coordinates: 45°33′8.63″N 14°59′5.12″E / 45.5523972°N 14.9847556°E / 45.5523972; 14.9847556
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Kočevje
Elevation 547.9 m (1,797.6 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 0

Turn (pronounced [ˈtuːɾn]; German: Turn or Thurn[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 Knežja Lipa.

History

Turn was a village inhabited by Gottschee Germans. Before the Second World War it had four houses. In May 1942 the settlement was burned by Italian troops. It was not rebuilt after the war, and the pastures were incorporated into a collective farm.[4]

References

  1. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 36.
  2. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  3. Kočevje municipal site
  4. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 247.


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