A Journey to America We left Austria in 1956 for America, when I was 4 years old. My parents lived in Gottschee until 1938 when my father opened a clothing store in Ljubljana, where he sold clothes made by the Kresse company in Gottschee. When the second world war ended my parents were living in Jesenice and their Slovenian friends suggested that it was best for them to flee the…
The Assumption of Mary Parish Church in Stara Cerkev
The Assumption of Mary Parish Church in Stara Cerkev by Kočevje. Photo: Anja Moric.…
The Gottscheer Folklore Group of the Society of Native Gottschee Settlers
Reminiscing, I realised where my interest and devotion to Gottschee language – Gottscheerisch – and the history of the Gottscheer people come from. It in fact accompanies me from when…
The Days of Gottscheer Culture: a joint project of three municipalities
Do you know who Gottscheers are? Do you know how to say “Good day” in Gottscheer dialect? Do you know how to make pobolitsen? Do you know where Gottscheers used…