The magic allure of Christmas is an atmosphere of expectation and warmth. Faith was important in the life of the Gottscheers The Gottscheers have always been deeply devout Catholics. This is also evidenced by the sacral buildings built by the inhabitants of Kočevsko region during the 600 years of their stay there. Almost every village had a church or at least a chapel. They built and maintained the buildings themselves,…
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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 sweet treats to make the most of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The manner in which we celebrate today is in many ways different from the celebration typical of Kočevska region (and elsewhere in Slovenia) before the World War…
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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, nám(i)žnik, stólnik, postólnik, and in Kočevska region it is called šipling, žiplink, schupling or Schiplitzen. A good century after him, in 1689, the polymath Janez Vajkard Valvasor in his book The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola described the Christmas…
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Kočevje little bombs (kočevske bombice)
“Once when my father was making the dessert, it fell to the floor and fell apart,” reveals Roman Batis and adds: “and that is why it got its name Kočevje little bomb.” In the mid 1950s, Slavko Batis came up with a dessert in his oblong building in the centre of Kočevje that was immediately accepted among the fellow inhabitants and is considered as one of the most recognisable culinary…
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