Sušje (pronounced [ˈsuːʃjɛ]; also Draga[1] or Deroh; German: Suchen,[2][3] Gottscheerish: Därroch[4]) is a remote abandoned settlement in the Municipality of Črnomelj in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[5] Its territory is now part of the village of Rožič Vrh.

Sušje
Sušje is located in Slovenia
Sušje
Sušje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°34′37.57″N 15°4′37.05″E / 45.5771028°N 15.0769583°E / 45.5771028; 15.0769583
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionWhite Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalityČrnomelj
Elevation
619.8 m (2,033.5 ft)
Population
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 • Total
0

History

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Sušje was a Gottschee German village. It was abandoned and overgrown before the Second World War.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 60.
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.
  3. ^ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  4. ^ Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.
  5. ^ Črnomelj municipal site
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