Kačji Potok

Kačji Potok
Kačji Potok
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°34′41.06″N 14°57′57.23″E / 45.5780722°N 14.9658972°E / 45.5780722; 14.9658972Coordinates: 45°34′41.06″N 14°57′57.23″E / 45.5780722°N 14.9658972°E / 45.5780722; 14.9658972
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Kočevje
Area
 • Total 3.24 km2 (1.25 sq mi)
Elevation 526.9 m (1,728.7 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 3
[1]

Kačji Potok (pronounced [ˈkaːtʃji ˈpɔːtɔk]; German: Otterbach[2][3]) is a settlement 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.[4]

The village chapel, dedicated to Saint Stephen, was a 15th-century structure, refurbished in the 18th and 19th century, but demolished after the Second World War.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.
  3. ↑ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  4. ↑ Kočevje municipal site
  5. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2780


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