Art Culture Heritage
The Church of the Three Wise Men in Črni Potok
The Church of the Three Wise Men in Črni Potok is one of the few churches in the Kočevje (Gottschee) region that survived the Second World War and the devastation…
Heritage History
Cemetery in Stari Log
The cemetery in Stari Log (Altlag) near Kočevje is one of the best preserved Gottscheer cemeteries. It is not only the eternal resting place of the inhabitants of Stari Log,…
Art Culture
Artistic activity in Kočevska region
Artistic activity, both by academic and amateur artists, has a special character in Kočevska region. On the one hand, it is strongly linked to the natural features of the area,…
Heritage History
130 years of the Kočevje railway
Inaugaration of the Kočevje railway »Hey, how it crackled yesterday in Lower Carniola (Dolenjska), down towards Kočevska land! And rightly so. For such a national holiday promoting economic progress will…
Gottscheer Communities
Where do Gottscheers Live around the World? – Part II: Gottscheers in New York
Gottscheers in New Yorku: First stop – Brooklyn Church life played a very important role in the integration of the first immigrants from Kočevje in the USA and for their…
Gottscheer Communities History
Where do Gottscheers Live around the World? – Part I: Gottscheers in Cleveland
Especially in the summer months, increasing number of cars with foreign registration plates can be seen driving on Kočevska roads, sometimes even some buses. In addition to visitors attracted to…
Culture
Pilichmandle – protector of the dormouse
The forests of Kočevje (Gottschee), with their beauty and mysteries, have often stirred human imagination. People have made up stories about natural phenomena and unusual events that they could not…
Prehistory
The Mount of Giants: The Prehistoric “Tomb” in Gorenje (Obrern)
The growing number of archaeological finds provide evidence of the first traces of human settlement in Kočevska (Gottschee) region. These include the barrow with the dead person’s ash at Gorenje…
Art Culture History
The Assumption of Mary Parish Church in Stara Cerkev
The Assumption of Mary Parish Church in Stara Cerkev by Kočevje. Photo: Anja Moric.…
Cuisine History
Christmas tradition in Kočevska region
The winter holiday season is already in full swing. Throughout cities, a myriad festive lights have been lit, and we are busy wrapping gifts for our loved ones and baking…
Cuisine
Šipling (Schipling) – Christmas bread from Kočevska region (Slov. poprtnik)
In 1592, the scholar Hieronymus Megiser first wrote about the especially decorated Christmas bread that is in various places across Slovenia called poprtnik, namiznjak, žúpnik, župnek, poprtnják, bôžič, božíčnik, mížnik,…
Art
Stane Jarm
He was a versatile and very sophisticated artist who drew inspiration from his home environment, in particular the lives and hardships of domestic folk. He acknowledged the importance of art…
History
Gottscheer traditional attire
Traditional attire in the Kočevska region from the 17th century The first description of Gottscheers’ clothing practices can be found in Valvasor’s “The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola” from 1689.…
Mythology Tourism
Peter Klepec – a mighty hero of the Kolpa and Čabranka Valley
A frail child becomes a hero Small and frail, barefoot and wearing patched-up clothes. He led the sheep or oxen to pasture on steep slopes that loom over the Kolpa…
Environment History
Georg Jurij Jonke – the Gottscheer beekeeper
“The authority on beekeeping in the Carniola region in the 19th century”, “the author of one of the fundamental works on Slovenian beekeeping”, “teacher of beekeeping”, “preserver and benefactor”, “one…