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Kočevske Poljane

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Country
  
Slovenia

Statistical region
  
Southeast Slovenia

Area
  
2.59 km²

Municipality
  
Dolenjske Toplice

Traditional region
  
Lower Carniola

Elevation
  
188 m

Population
  
100 (2002)

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Kočevske Poljane ([kɔˈtʃeu̯ːskɛ pɔˈljaːnɛ]; German: Pöllandl) is a village in the Municipality of Dolenjske Toplice in Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. The village includes the hamlets of Gorica (German: Büchel or Büchel bei Pöllandl) and Trnovec (or Trnje; German: Dornachberg).

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Map of 8350 Ko%C4%8Devske Poljane, Slovenia

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Poljane to Kočevske Poljane in 1953. In the past the German name was Pöllandl.

History

Pöllandl was a village settled by Gottschee Germans inside the Gottschee region until 1941. During the Second World War its original population was resettled by the German authorities. However, some Gottscheer families managed to resist and prevent expulsion, and most of these collaborated with the Partisans of the Liberation Front of the Slovene People, which had a base (Baza 20) nearby. Their dialect Gottscheerish was forbidden after World War II, and so today there are only a few people left that speak it.

Church

The local parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It dates to the 17th century. A second church belonging to the parish, built just north of the settlement in the hamlet of Gorica, is dedicated to Mary Help of Christians and was a pilgrimage church built in the late 17th century. The cemetery is one of only ten in the Kočevje region to have (mostly) preserved the tombstones of the Gottschee Germans.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Kočevske Poljane include the following:

  • August Schauer (1872–1941), parish priest at Koprivnik for over 30 years and editor of the Gottscheer Kalender (Gottschee Almanac) from 1925 to 1941
  • References

    Kočevske Poljane Wikipedia