Rdeči Kamen

Coordinates: 45°44′24.18″N 14°57′37.10″E / 45.7400500°N 14.9603056°E / 45.7400500; 14.9603056
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Rdeči Kamen
Rdeči Kamen is located in Slovenia
Rdeči Kamen
Rdeči Kamen
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°44′24.18″N 14°57′37.10″E / 45.7400500°N 14.9603056°E / 45.7400500; 14.9603056
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalityKočevje
Elevation
827.3 m (2,714.2 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Totalnone

Rdeči Kamen (pronounced [əɾˈdeːtʃi ˈkaːmən]; German: Rottenstein[1]) is a remote abandoned former 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.[2] Its territory is now part of the village of Komolec.

History[edit]

Rdeči Kamen was a village inhabited by Gottschee Germans. It had 17 houses before the Second World War. The village was burned by Italian troops on 18 August 1942 during the Rog Offensive and was never rebuilt. The 5th Battalion of the Slovene Partisan companies, named the Lower Carniola Battalion (Slovene: Dolenjski bataljon), was established at Rdeči Kamen.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  2. ^ Kočevje municipal site
  3. ^ Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 241.

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