Gorenje, Kočevje

Gorenje
Gorenje
	Gorenje Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 45°40′17″N 14°51′18″E / 45.67139°N 14.85500°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Southeast Slovenia
Municipality	Kočevje
Area
• Total	0.68 km2 (0.26 sq mi)
Elevation	498 m (1,634 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	327

Gorenje (pronounced [ɡɔˈɾeːnjɛ]; in older sources also Gornja vas,^[2]^[3] German: Obrern^[3]^[4]) is a settlement north 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.^[5] It includes the hamlets of Pri Studencu (German: Bein Brunnwirth)^[3] and Plumbirt.^[6]

Name

The name Gorenje is shared by several settlements in Slovenia. It arose through ellipsis of Gorenje selo (literally, 'upper village'), denoting the elevation of the place in relation to a neighboring settlement.^[7] Gorenje stands about 18 meters (59 ft) higher than the neighboring villages to the west.

Cultural heritage

A small late 19th-century chapel in the centre of the village is dedicated to Saint Joseph.^[8]

Gallery

Old village core
Hallstatt-era tumulus
Village chapel

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 26.
^ ^a ^b ^c Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 42–43.
^ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
^ Kočevje municipal site
^ Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 222.
^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. pp. 143–144.
^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 14005

External links

Media related to Gorenje at Wikimedia Commons
Gorenje on Geopedia
Pre–World War II map of Gorenje with oeconyms and family names

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[1] Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

[2] Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 26.

[Leksikon-3] Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 42–43.

[Ferenc-4] Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.

[5] Kočevje municipal site

[Savnik-6] Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 222.

[7] Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. pp. 143–144.

[8] Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 14005

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