Turkova Draga

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Turkova Draga
Turkova Draga is located in Slovenia
Turkova Draga
Turkova Draga
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°32′11.45″N 14°55′59.49″E / 45.5365139°N 14.9331917°E / 45.5365139; 14.9331917Coordinates: 45°32′11.45″N 14°55′59.49″E / 45.5365139°N 14.9331917°E / 45.5365139; 14.9331917
CountryFlag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalityKočevje
Elevation
555.2 m (1,821.5 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total0

Turkova Draga (pronounced [ˈtuːɾkɔʋa ˈdɾaːɡa]; in older sources also Dolenja Turkova Draga,[1] German: Unterfliegendorf,[1][2] Gottscheerish: Shuəchə, Tirknshuəchə, Peatscharə[3]) is an abandoned village 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] It no longer has any permanent residents. Its territory is now part of the village of Muha Vas.

History[]

Turkova Draga was a Gottschee German village. It was attacked and laid waste in an Ottoman raid in 1491.[5] Before the the village had nine houses and a population of 46. Its economy was based on subsistence farming and peddling. There was a mill in the village and a few craftsmen's workshops.[6] It was burned by Italian troops in the summer of 1942 and never restored.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.
  2. ^ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  3. ^ Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.
  4. ^ Kočevje municipal site
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 233, 247.
  6. ^ Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 219.

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