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Municipality of Kočevje

Coordinates: 46°38′35″N 14°51′34″E / 46.64306°N 14.85944°E / 46.64306; 14.85944
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Municipality of Kočevje
Občina Kočevje
Municipality
Flag of Municipality of Kočevje
Flag
Coat of arms of Municipality of Kočevje
Coat of arms
Location of the Municipality of Kočevje in Slovenia
Location of the Municipality of Kočevje in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°38′35″N 14°51′34″E / 46.64306°N 14.85944°E / 46.64306; 14.85944
Country Slovenia
Government
 • MayorVladimir Prebilič
Area
 • Total555 km2 (214 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total15,644
 • Density28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02 (CEST)
Websitewww.kocevje.si Edit this at Wikidata

The Municipality of Kočevje (pronounced [kɔˈtʃeːwjɛ]; Slovene: Občina Kočevje) is a municipality in southern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the city of Kočevje. Today it is part of the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. In terms of area, it is the largest municipality in Slovenia.[2]

History

In 1247 Berthold, Patriarch of Aquileia granted the area around Ribnica within the imperial March of Carniola to the Carinthian counts of Ortenburg. When the counts received further estates on the wooded plateau down to Kostel on the Kolpa River in 1336 from the hands of Patriarch Bertram, they called for German-speaking settlers from Carinthia and Tyrol. These Germanic people became known as the Gottscheers, and their dialect, Gottscheerish.

Thousands of Gottscheers, and others, were accused of sympathy for or collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II (such as the Slovene Home Guard), after the war. They, and typically their entire families, were summarily executed, thrown into various pits and caves, which were then sealed with explosives.[citation needed]

Settlements

Villages in the municipality

In addition to the municipal seat of Kočevje, the municipality also includes the following settlements:

Flag

The municipal flag of Kočevje is a tricolor consisting of three equal horizontal bands displaying the colors of Kočevje: blue and white, emblazoned with the coat of arms.[3] The association with the colors blue and white dates to the 1470s, when Emperor Frederick III approved the design of the coat of arms, along with civic rights, on 19 April 1471. The flag during that time varies from the one seen today. The old flag was a bicolor of blue and white, defaced with the coat of arms, which was also different at the time.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in the Municipality of Kočevje include:

References

  1. ^ "Prebivalstvo po naseljih, podrobni podatki, Slovenija, 1. januar 2021". stat.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Municipality of Kočevje". Place Names. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Zastava in grb Občine Kočevje" [The Coat of Arms and Flag of the Municipality of Kočevje] (in Slovenian). Retrieved 20 August 2017.

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