Gorenja Bukova Gora (pronounced [ɡɔˈɾeːnja ˈbuːkɔʋa ˈɡɔːɾa]; German: Oberbuchberg[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]
Gorenja Bukova Gora | |
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  Gorenja Bukova Gora Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°34′44.26″N 15°3′33.51″E / 45.5789611°N 15.0593083°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
| Municipality | Kočevje |
| Elevation | 710 m (2,330 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | none |
History
editGorenja Bukova Gora was a Gottschee German village. It was abandoned in the late 19th and early 20th century, when all its inhabitants emigrated, mostly to the United States.[4][5] A cabin for forestry workers was later built in the vicinity of the village.[4] Together with Srednja Bukova Gora and Spodnja Bukova Gora, it was merged into the settlement of Bukova Gora in 1955.[6]
References
edit- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.
- ^ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
- ^ Kočevje municipal site
- ^ a b c Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 218.
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 19526
- ^ "Preimovanje, dopolnitve in popravki nekaterih krajevnih imen." 1955. Dolenjski list 8(25) (1 July): 4. (in Slovene)
External links
edit- Gorenja Bukova Gora (unlabeled) on Geopedia
- Pre–World War II list of oeconyms and family names in Gorenja Bukova Gora
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