Sadni Hrib (pronounced [ˈsaːdni ˈxriːp]; earlier Zgornji Vecenbah,[2] Zgornji Vencenbah,[3] or Gornji Vecenbah,[4] German: Oberwetzenbach[2][5]) is a village in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[6] It no longer has any permanent residents.[1]

Sadni Hrib
Sadni Hrib is located in Slovenia
Sadni Hrib
Sadni Hrib
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°33′24.42″N 14°48′55.91″E / 45.5567833°N 14.8155306°E / 45.5567833; 14.8155306
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalityKočevje
Area
 • Total2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total0
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History

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Sadni Hrib was a Gottschee German village. Before the Second World War it had 13 houses. The village was not destroyed during the war. Only three houses remained in the village in 1953, and the last inhabitants left in 1958.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ a b Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  3. ^ a b Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 242.
  4. ^ Petschauer, Erich. 1984. "Das Jahrhundertbuch": Gottschee and Its People through the Centuries. New York: Gottscheer Relief Association, p. 206.
  5. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 36.
  6. ^ Kočevje municipal site
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