Rog, Kočevje

Rog (pronounced [ˈɾoːk]; German: Hornwald,[1] Gottscheerish: Hoarnwald[2]) is a remote abandoned 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.[3] Its territory is now part of the village of Trnovec.

Rog
Rog is located in Slovenia
Rog
Rog
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°40′29.12″N 15°0′19.80″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalityKočevje
Elevation
842.3 m (2,763.5 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total0

Name

Rog (German: Hornwald) is named after Big Mount Rog (Slovene: Veliki Rog, German: Hornbühel, Hornbühel, or Hornbichl, 1099 m),[4] the highest elevation in the area.[2] The name of the Kočevje Rog Plateau (German: Hornwald) is also derived from this mountain. One of the meanings of the Slovene common noun rog is 'prominent/exposed hill',[5] paralleled by one of the meanings of the German common noun Horn 'highest peak'.[6]

History

A steam-powered sawmill owned by the Auersperg noble family operated at Rog from 1894 until 1932, employing up to 400 workers.[7][8] The settlement had its own electric plant and waterworks.[8] In 1931 and 1936 the settlement had three houses and 44 residents.[7][9] After it shut down operations, the facilities were dynamited in 1938 and the 50 km narrow gauge railway was pulled up and sold for scrap.[10] Only three watchmen remained, and they were evicted from the area in the fall of 1941.[7] Today the site, including cisterns and remains of the sawmill, are registered as cultural heritage.[8]

References
  1. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  2. Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.
  3. Kočevje municipal site
  4. Big Mount Rog on Geopedia
  5. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 358.
  6. Grimm, Jacob, & Wilhelm Grimm. 1854–1971. Deutsches Wörterbuch. Leipzig: S. Hirzel.
  7. Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 528.
  8. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 23181
  9. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 471.
  10. Otterstädt, Herbert. 1962. Gottschee: verlorene Heimat deutscher Waldbauern. Freilassing: Pannonia-Verlag, p. 37.


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