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…
Culture History
The Turkish Incursions as Reflected in Gottscheer oral tradition.
In the 15th and 16th centuries, what we today call the “Turkish Incursions” left an indelible mark on Slovenia. Gottschee and its German-speaking inhabitants, the Gottscheers, are often left out…
Culture Heritage Villages
Topli Vrh (Untertaplwerch) – a Former Gottscheer Village under the Patronage of St Peter and St Paul
Village of Topli Vrh Today, as we ascend the asphalt road from Črmošnjice towards the Gače ski resort or venture further into the vast forest, we have only telltale signs…
Culture Heritage
The Folk Ballad of the Infanticide: Slovenian and Gottscheer Versions
The motif of the illegitimate mother who murders or casts out her child and is punished for it is known in folk song tradition almost throughout Europe, including Slovenia. In…
Culture Heritage
How Did Micika v püngradi come to the Kočevska Region? – Folk Songs of the Prekmurje Region in Kočevska Region
How Did Micika v püngradi come to the Kočevska Region? – Folk Songs of the Prekmurje Region in Kočevska Region
The multicultural character of the wider Kočevska area could be thought of as a single intertwined “culture” or community. It is home to people who have migrated from all over…
Animals Environment
Lynx, the mysterious feline of Slovenian forests
Most probably you will never spot a lynx in the wild. We may see traces of its footprints in the mud or snow. Yet the very thought of a large…
Heritage History
Franc Volf, a miner from Kočevje: memories of a miner’s life in Kočevje
Unfortunately, there are less and less former miners from Kočevje still alive today. One of the few retired mine workers who still remembers his mining years with great joy and…
Events Gottscheer Communities Heritage Tourism
Student project for the Gottscheer ethnological exhibition in Občice
The Society of Native Gottschee Settlers On the main road through the village of Občice in the municipality of Dolenjske Toplice stands a restored, blue-painted old farmhouse. Since 1998, it…
History
Planina (Stockendorf)
Postcard of Planina (Stockendorf), sent on 4 March 1918 from Planina to Vinica. Archive of Dr. Božidar Flajšman. Kočevski b(r)log / Gottscheerblog …