# Gottschee

Gottschee (pronounced, Slovene: Kočevsko) refers to a former German-speaking region in Carniola, a crownland of the Habsburg Empire, part of the historical and traditional region of Lower Carniola, now in Slovenia. The region has been a county, duchy, district, and municipality during various parts of its history. The term often also refers to the entire ethnolinguistic enclave regardless of administrative borders. Today Gottschee largely corresponds to the Municipality of Kočevje. The original German settlers of the region are called Gottschee Germans or Gottscheers, and their German dialect is called Gottschee German or Gottscheerish.

## Geography

The Gottschee enclave encompassed a roughly oval-shaped area between 45° 46′ N and 45° 30′ N, and between 14° 36′ E and 15° 9′ E. Geographers divided the enclave into seven regions based on valleys (from west to east):
* The Suchen Plateau (Suchener Hochtal) in the extreme west, with the (pre-1933) municipalities of Obergras and Suchen;
* The Back District (Hinterland) in the west, with the municipalities of Göttenitz, Hinterberg, Masern, Morobitz, Rieg, and Tiefenbach;
* The Upper District (Oberland) in the central area, with the municipalities of Lienfeld, Mitterdorf, and Seele, plus the city of Gottschee (Stadt Gottschee);
* The Lower District (Unterland) in the south-central area, with the municipalities of Graflinden, Mösel, Schwarzenbach, and Unterlag;
* The Forest District (Walden) in the north-central area, with the municipalities of Altlag, Ebenthal, Langenton, and Malgern;
* The Tschermoschnitz District (Moschnitze, Mosche) in the northeast, with the municipalities of Pöllandl, Stockendorf, and Tschermoschnitz;
* The Lower Side (Untere Seite) in the southeast, with the municipalities of Nesseltal and Unterdeutschau.

## History
### Early history (13th century – 1623)

The Gottschee region was conferred upon the Counts of Ortenburg by the Patriarchate of Aquileia on 20 September 1277.$^{:280}$ The territory was settled by German farmers from Carinthia and East Tyrol between 1330 and 1400. The first settlement in the territory attested in written sources was Mooswald (Slovene: Mahovnik), which appeared in a letter from Patriarch Bertram on 1 September 1339. A 1363 letter mentioned the settlements of Gottschee (Kočevje), Pölland (Kočevske Poljane), Kostel, Ossilnitz (Osilnica), and Göttenitz (Gotenica). The town of Gottschee acquired market town status in 1377.
With the extinction of the House of Ortenburg in 1418, the Gottschee area came under the control of the Counts of Celje in 1420.$^{:280}$ When the House of Celje died out in 1456, the territory came under the control of the House of Habsburg, dukes of Carniola. Emperor Frederick III elevated the town of Gottschee to a city in 1471.
The late 15th century began a time of unrest in Gottschee. Numerous Ottoman attacks took place in the region (in 1469, 1471, 1476, 1480, 1491, 1507, 1528, 1546, 1559, 1561, 1564, 1578, and 1584). It was partly in response to the devastation of the Ottoman raids that Emperor Frederick III granted the people of Gottschee the right to sell goods outside the territory in 1492. There were also six peasant uprisings in the territory, starting in 1515 and ending in 1662.$^{:281}$
In 1507, Maximilian I mortgaged the Dominion of Gottschee (German: Herrschaft Gottschee, Slovene: Kočevsko gospostvo) to Count Jörg von Thurn. The territory was purchased by Hans Ungnad in 1524, and then mortgaged to the Croatian Counts of Blagay in 1547. In 1574, Gottschee extended from Mount Snežnik in the extreme west to Blatnik pri Črmošnjicah in the east, and from Seč and Gornja Topla Reber in the north to just below Bosljiva Loka and Osilnica in the south. In 1619, the territory was purchased by the Khisl family.$^{:281}$

### Gottschee County (1623–1791)

The territory was elevated to Gottschee County (German: Grafschaft Gottschee, Slovene: Kočevska grofija) in 1623. In 1641 Wolf Engelbert von Auersperg purchased Gottschee County from Count Georg Zwickl-Khisl for 84,000 florins. Engelbert abandoned the deteriorating castle at Friedrichstein and built a new castle in the town of Gottschee itself, which survived until the Second World War. Because Gottschee was a county, Engelbert thereby became a count himself.$^{:281}$ Because he died without an heir in 1673, the county passed to his brother Johann Weikhard of Auersperg, who had become a prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1653. He combined Gottschee with some neighboring estates into a single domain. In 1774, Emperor Joseph II issued a patent allowing the residents of Gottschee County to sell citrus fruit and oil, and the emperor issued a patent confirming peddling privileges on 27 April 1785.$^{:281}$

### Duchy of Gottschee (1791–1809)

In 1791, Emperor Leopold II elevated the territory to the Duchy of Gottschee (German: Herzogtum Gottschee, Slovene: Kočevska Vojvodina) and Karl Josef Anton von Auersperg to the Duke of Gottschee.$^{:281}$

### Illyrian Provinces (1809–1814)

During the short-lived period of the Illyrian Provinces, Gottschee was part of the Napoleonic French Empire. Under this arrangement it was initially part of the Province of Ljubljana (French: province de Laybach) from 1809 to 1811, and then the Province of Carniola (French: province de Carniole) from 1811 to 1814. Gottschee constituted a separate administrative canton under this arrangement. The Gottscheers revolted against French rule during the 1809 Gottscheer Rebellion, killing the commissar of the Novo Mesto district, Von Gasparini. With the collapse of the Illyrian provinces, Gottschee was returned to Habsburg rule within the Kingdom of Illyria.

### Kingdom of Illyria (1816–1849)

As part of the Habsburg Kingdom of Illyria, Gottschee was administratively part of the Novo Mesto District (German: Neustädtler Kreis). The Kingdom of Illyria was succeeded by the reconstituted Duchy of Carniola in 1849.

### Duchy of Carniola (1849–1918)

Within the Duchy of Carniola, a separate administrative Gottschee District (German: Bezirk Gottschee or Gerichtsbezirk Gottschee) was set up. The district had an area of approximately 860 km$^2$ (330 sq mi) and contained a total of 177 settlements (including ethnically Slovene ones and some abandoned before 1941). The Gottschee District was bordered (clockwise) by the districts of Ribnica (Reifnitz), Žužemberk (Seisenberg), Novo Mesto (Rudolfswerth), Metlika (Mötling), and Črnomelj (Tschernembl). Fully German or ethnically mixed Slovene-German territory extended into all of the neighboring districts.$^{:Table16}$ On 31 December 1869 the entire Kočevje District had 3,473 houses and a population of 18,432. Subtracting the ethnically Slovene communities of Osilnica (Osiunitz) and Kostel left a total of 2,966 houses and a population of 15,520 in ethnically German or German-majority territory in the district itself. Adding in ethnically German houses and population from communities adjacent to the district resulted in a total of 4,161 houses and a population of 21,301 in the culturally German Gottschee area.$^{:275}$ Czörnig estimated the total Gottschee German population in 1878, accounting for population growth and men working away from home, to be about 25,000.$^{:276}$
In 1906 the ethnic Romanian Austro-Hungarian lawyer and politician Aurel Popovici unsuccessfully proposed the reorganization of Austria-Hungary as the United States of Greater Austria. Popovici's proposal included Gottschee as a separate autonomous district within the proposed state of Carniola.

### Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941)

Gottschee was incorporated into royal Yugoslavia (known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes until 1929) as part of the prewar territory of Carniola. The Gottschee Germans accepted the new arrangement with some reluctance: in February 1918 Gottschee's ethnically German priests characterized the proposed new state as "treacherous" and sent a letter to Bishop Anton Bonaventura Jeglič in Ljubljana denouncing the plan. In October 1918 a proposal was prepared for the Paris Peace Conference for Gottschee to become an independent republic (German: Republik Gottschee) under American protection, based on the large Gottschee German population in the United States, and a Gottschee German demonstration demanding autonomy was held in New York in January 1919. There were also unsuccessful proposals to establish a Gottschee Republic with Italian backing. In 1920, the Slovene press characterized the proposal for a Gottschee Republic as communist agitation.
Under the 1921 constitution, the traditional regions were abolished and Gottschee was made part of the Ljubljana Province (Slovene: Ljubljanska oblast) from 1922 to 1929. After the provinces were abolished, Gottschee was part of the larger Drava Banovina (Dravska banovina) from 1929 to 1941. Within the very large Kočevje District (Slovene: Srez Kočevje), 22 local communities or small municipalities (občina) largely encompassed Gottschee territory until 1933, continuing its 19th-century organization. Many Gottschee settlements were outside the Kočevje District. In 1933, a Yugoslav administrative reform created large municipalities (občina) organized within the districts (srez). The Kočevje District was the largest district in the Drava Banovina, extending from Veliki Ločnik in the north to the Croatian border in the south. Gottschee territory was encompassed by 11 large municipalities, not all of which were in the Kočevje District.
During this time, political and assimilatory pressure against the German minority caused many of Gottschee Germans to emigrate: the German-language high school was closed in 1918, German was eliminated as an elective subject in schools in 1925, the majority of German business, cultural, and athletics societies were dissolved, and there was forced Slovenization of the names of villages and people. By 1941 the Gottschee German population had fallen to only about 12,500. Most of the Germans fled back to Austria or emigrated to the United States (mainly New York City or Cleveland, Ohio.)

### Second World War

After the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Yugoslavia initially remained neutral, but after a coup in 1941 adopted a staunch anti-Axis position. This led to a German and Italian invasion and occupation of the Kingdom. The Gottscheers were in the Italian occupation zone after Yugoslavia's surrender, which Hitler could not abide. Nazi racial policy dictated that these Germans had to be brought back into the Reich. The Nazis established a branch of the Resettlement Administration (Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle, or "VoMi") at Maribor for this purpose.
While some of the Gottscheer community leaders had embraced National Socialism and agitated for "assistance" and "repatriation" to the Reich before the German invasion in 1941, most Gottscheers had no interest in reuniting with Greater Germany or joining the Nazis. They had been integrated into society with their Slovene neighbours, often intermarrying among Slovenes and becoming bilingual while maintaining their Germanic language and customs since their arrival in the region in the late 14th century.
However, propaganda and Nazi ideology prevailed, and the VoMi began planning the Gottschee "resettlement" (forced expulsion) from Kočevje, which was in the Italian occupation zone, to the "Ranner Dreieck" or Brežice Triangle in Lower Styria, the region now known as the Lower Sava Valley, located between the confluences of the Krka, Sotla, and Sava rivers.
In November 1941, some 46,000 Slovenians in the Brežice Triangle region were forcibly deported to Eastern Germany for potential Germanization or forced labour in order to make an accommodation for the Gottschee "resettlers". Shortly before that time, a largely transparent propaganda effort was aimed toward both the Gottscheers and the Slovenes, promising the latter equivalent farmland in Germany for the land relinquished. The Gottscheers were given Reich passports and transportation to the Lower Sava Valley just after the forced departure of the Slovenes. Most Gottschee left their homes because of coercion and threats since the VoMi had a deadline of December 31, 1941 for the mass movement of both groups. Gottscheers were removed from a total of 167 settlements in 1941 and 1942.
The eviction was organized as a series of 25 resettlement groups (German: Stürme), numbered Go 1 through Go 25 and named after major settlements:
| Group | Name | Settlements |
| Go 1 | Mooswald | Gottschee, Mooswald |
| Go 2 | Mitterdorf | Klindorf, Koflern, Malgern, Mitterdorf, Neuloschin, Niederloschin, Oberloschin, Obrern, Rain, Windischdorf |
| Go 3 | Mösel | Dürnbach, Lichtenbach, Niedermösel, Oberfliegendorf, Obermösel, Otterbach, Reintal, Unterfliegendorf, Verderb, Verdreng |
| Go 4 | Rieg | Handlern, Hinterberg, Hornberg, Kotschen, Moos, Mrauen, Oberwetzenbach, Rieg, Stalzern, Suchenreuther, Unterwetzenbach |
| Go 5 | Nesselthal | Altfriesach, Büchel, Kummersdorf, Mitterbuchberg, Nesselthal, Neufriesach, Oberbuchberg, Reichenau, Tanzbüchel, Untersteinwand |
| Go 6 | Altlag | Altbacher, Altlag, Grintowitz, Hohenberg, Kletsch, Langenton, Neubacher, Neulag, Riegel, Tiefenreuther, Weißenstein, Winkel |
| Go 7 | Grafenfeld | Grafenfeld, Lienfeld |
| Go 8 | Hasenfeld | Hasenfeld, Schwarzenbach |
| Group | Name | Settlements |
| Go 9 | Graflinden | Graflinden, Römergrund |
| Go 10 | Unterdeutschau | Oberdeutschau, Unterbuchberg, Unterdeutschau |
| Go 11 | Hohenegg | Hohenegg, Katzendorf |
| Go 12 | Seele | Schalkendorf, Seele, Zwischlern |
| Go 13 | Masern | Masereben, Masern |
| Go 14 | Göttenitz | Göttenitz |
| Go 15 | Morobitz | Inlauf, Morobitz |
| Go 16 | Tiefenbach | Niedertiefenbach, Obertiefenbach, Pröse |
| Group | Name | Settlements |
| Go 17 | Ebental | Ebental, Kukendorf, Setsch, Tiefental |
| Go 18 | Warmberg | Komutzen, Kuntschen, Rottenstein, Warmberg |
| Go 19 | Pöllandl | Dranbank, Krapflern, Pöllandl, Steinwand |
| Go 20 | Stockendorf | Altlagbüchel, Kletsch, Lachina, Sporeben, Stockendorf, Töplitzel |
| Go 21 | Unterlag | Neugereuth, Oberpockstein, Unterlag, Unterpockstein |
| Go 22 | Russbach | Russbach, Wretzen |
| Go 23 | Tschermoschnitz | Drandul, Gehack, Mitterdorf, Obermitterdorf, Ressen, Ribnig, Scheerenbrunn, Stalldorf, Tschermoschnitz, Untertappelwerch |
| Go 24 | Suchen | Bärenheim, Gehack, Mittergrass, Obergrass, Suchen |
| Go 25 | Maierle | Bistritz, Maierle, Schäflein, Warmberg |
Although from the time of their arrival to the end of the war, Gottschee farmers were harassed and killed by Josip Broz Tito's Partisans, 56 of the Gottschee ethnic Germans, who did not want to leave their homes, decided instead to join Slovene Partisans and fight against Italians in Province of Ljubljana, together with their Slovene neighbours.
The attempt to resettle the Gottscheers was a costly failure for the Nazi regime, since extra manpower was required to protect the farmers from the partisans. The deported Slovenes were taken to several camps in Saxony, where they were forced to work on German farms or in factories run by German industries from 1941 to 1945. The forced labourers were not always kept in formal Nazi concentration camps, but often just vacant buildings where they slept until the next day's labour took them outside these quarters. Toward the end of the war, these camps were liberated by American and Red Army troops, and repatriated refugees later returned to Yugoslavia.
The fate of the resettled Gottschee was not much better, and in some cases much worse. At the end of the war the Nazi regime in the region evaporated as soldiers and administrators fled.

### Postwar Yugoslavia

After the war, the Gottschee area was partially resettled by Slovenians from various places, creating a mixed dialect area. Only a few hundred Gottscheers remained.

## List of Gottschee German villages

This table includes villages in the 19th-century Gottschee District based on maps in Mitja Ferenc's works (2007, 2011–2013).
Note: This table is sortable. Click next to any heading to sort by that heading.
| Slovene | Municipality | German | Gottscheerish | District 19th c.$^{:Table16}$ | Municipality 19th c. | Parish 19th c. | Note |
| Ašelice | Semič | Aschletz | Aschelitz | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Mašelj |
| Beli Kamen | Kočevje | Weißenstein | Beißnstuain | Gottschee | Altlag | Altlag | Now part of Stari Log |
| Bistrica | Črnomelj | Bistritz | Bistritz | Tschernembl | Döblitsch | Döblitsch | |
| Blatnik pri Črmošnjicah | Semič | Rußbach | Rüßpoch | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | |
| Blaževica, Spodnja Blaževica | Dolenjske Toplice | Unterblaschowitz | Untrplaschobitz | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Verdun pri Uršnih Selih |
| Borovec pri Kočevski Reki | Kočevje | Morobitz | Mröbitz | Gottschee | Morobitz | Morobitz | |
| Breg pri Kočevju | Kočevje | Rein, Rain | Roain | Gottschee | Mitterdorf | Mitterdorf | |
| Brezje | Kočevje | Friesach | | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | See: Laze pri Oneku, Staro Brezje |
| Brezovica pri Črmošnjicah, Brezje | Semič | Wretzen, Wrezen | Brezə | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | |
| Brezovica pri Predgradu | Kočevje | Bresowitz | | Tschernembl | Tscheplach | Unterdeutschau | |
| Bukova Gora | Kočevje | Buchberg | Puəchparg | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | A collective name for Gorenja Bukova Gora, Spodnja Bukova Gora, and Srednja Bukova Gora |
| Cesta (pri Starem Logu) | Kočevje | Winkel | Straßle | Gottschee | Altlag | Altlag | Now part of Pugled pri Starem Logu |
| Cink, Frata | Dolenjske Toplice | Zinken | | Rudolfswerth | Pöllandl | Pöllandl | Now part of Podstenice |
| Črmošnjice | Semič | Tschermoschnitz | Moscha, Moschnitz | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | |
| Črni Potok pri Kočevju | Kočevje | Schwarzenbach | Schbourznpoch | Gottschee | Schwarzenbach | Gottschee | |
| Cvišlerji | Kočevje | Zwischlern | Zwishlarə | Gottschee | Seele | Gottschee | |
| Deleči Vrh, Deleči Hrib, Daleč Vrh, Daleč Hrib | Dolenjske Toplice | Laubbüchel | Lapiechl | Rudolfswerth | Pöllandl | Pöllandl | Now part of Podstenice |
| Divji Potok, Vildpoh | Dolenjske Toplice | Oberwildbach, Wildbach | Bilpoch | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Nova Gora |
| Doblička Gora | Črnomelj | Döblitschberg | | | | | |
| Dolga Vas | Kočevje | Grafenfeld, Krapfenfeld | Kropfnwold | Gottschee | Lienfeld | Gottschee | |
| Dolnja Briga | Kočevje | Niedertiefenbach | Tiəmpoch, Tiəfmpoch | Gottschee | Tiefenbach | Morobitz | |
| Dolnja Topla Reber | Kočevje | Unterwarmberg | Üntrburmparg | Seisenberg | Langenton | Unterwarmberg | Now part of Topla Reber |
| Dolnje Ložine, Srednje Ložine, Spodnje Ložine | Kočevje | Niederloschin, Unterloschin | Niedrloschin, Untrloschin | Gottschee | Mitterdorf | Mitterdorf | |
| Draga | Kočevje | Suchen | Shuəchə | Gottschee | Morobitz | Morobitz | Now part of Borovec pri Kočevski Reki |
| Draga | Loški Potok | Suchen | Shiugə | Gottschee | Suchen | Suchen | |
| Gaber pri Črmošnjicah | Semič | Gaber | Gabər | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | |
| Gače | Semič | Gatschen | Gatschn | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Komarna Vas |
| Glažuta | Loški Potok | Karlshütten | Gloschhittn | Gottschee | Obergras | Suchen | |
| Golobinjek | Semič | Taubenbrunn | Taubndaf, Taubndoarf | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | Now part of Planina |
| Gorenja Bukova Gora | Kočevje | Oberbuchberg | Gailoch | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | Now part of Bukova Gora |
| Gorenja Loka, Gorenja Nemška Loka | Kočevje | Oberdeutschau | Tearöscht | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | Now part of Hrib pri Koprivniku |
| Gorenje | Kočevje | Obrern | Öbrarə | Gottschee | Mitterdorf | Mitterdorf | |
| Gorenji Mačkovec | Kočevje | Oberkatzendorf | Pinugl | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | Now part of Laze pri Oneku |
| Gornja Briga | Kočevje | Obertiefenbach | Brigə | Gottschee | Tiefenbach | Morobitz | |
| Gornja Topla Reber | Kočevje | Oberwarmberg | Öbrbourmparg | Seisenberg | Langenton | Unterwarmberg | Now part of Topla Reber |
| Gornje Ložine | Kočevje | Oberloschin | Öbrloschin | Gottschee | Mitterdorf | Mitterdorf | |
| Gotenica | Kočevje | Göttenitz | Gənize | Gottschee | Göttenitz | Göttenitz | |
| Gradec | Črnomelj | Grodetz, Groditz, Grodez | Grodetz | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | Now part of Rožič Vrh |
| Grčarice | Ribnica | Masern | Masharə | Reifnitz | Masern | Malgern | |
| Grčarske Ravne | Ribnica | Masereben | Masharebn | Reifnitz | Masern | Malgern | |
| Gričice | Semič | Obermitterdorf | Gritschitzə | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Komarna Vas |
| Grintovec | Kočevje | Grintowitz | Grintəbitz | Gottschee | Malgern | Altlag | Now part of Kleč |
| Hrib pri Koprivniku | Kočevje | Büchel | Piechl | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | |
| Huterhaiser | Kočevje | Hutterhäuser | | Gottschee | Gottschee | Gottschee | Now part of Kočevje |
| Inlauf | Kočevje | Inlauf | Inlaf, Enlaf | Gottschee | Morobitz | Morobitz | Now part of Borovec pri Kočevski Reki |
| Jelendol | Ribnica | Hirschgruben, Hirisgruben | Hirisgruəbn | Reifnitz | Masern | Malgern | |
| Jelenja Vas, Iskrba | Kočevje | Hirisgruben, Hirschgruben | Hirisgruəbə | Gottschee | Hinterberg | Rieg | Now part of Štalcerji |
| Kačji Potok | Kočevje | Otterbach | Öttrpoch | Gottschee | Mösel | Mösel | |
| Kleč, Kleče | Kočevje | Kletsch (bei Altlag) | Kletsch | Gottschee | Malgern | Altlag | |
| Kleč, Kleče | Semič | Kletsch (bei Stockendorf) | Kletsch | Tschernembl | Stockendorf | Stockendorf | Now part of Planina |
| Klinja Vas | Kočevje | Klindorf | Klindoarf | Gottschee | Seele | Gottschee | |
| Knežja Lipa | Kočevje | Graflinden | pei dər Lintən | Gottschee | Graflinden | Unterlag | |
| Koblarji | Kočevje | Koflern | Kowlarn, in de Kowlara | Gottschee | Mitterdorf | Mitterdorf | |
| Kočarji, Kožarji | Kočevje | Niedermösel | Götscharə | Gottschee | Mösel | Mösel | |
| Koče | Kočevje | Kotschen | Götschə | Gottschee | Kotschen | Rieg | |
| Kočevje | Kočevje | Gottschee | Gətscheab, Stott, Stattle | Gottschee | Gottschee | Gottschee | |
| Kočevska Reka | Kočevje | Rieg | Riaggə, an dr Riəggn | Gottschee | Rieg | Rieg | |
| Kočevske Poljane | Dolejnske Toplice | Pöllandl | Pelond | Rudolfswerth | Pöllandl | Pöllandl | |
| Komarna Vas | Semič | Muckendorf, Obertappelwerch | Muckndoarf | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | |
| Komolec | Kočevje | Komutzen | Komüzə | Seisenberg | Langenton | Unterwarmberg | |
| Konca Vas, Konec | Kočevje | Ort | Oart | Gottschee | Mitterdorf | Mitterdorf | |
| Konjski Hrib | Semič | Roßbüchel | Röschpiechl | Tschernembl | Stockendorf | Stockendorf | Now part of Planina |
| Koprivnik | Kočevje | Nesseltal, Nesselthal | Neßltol, Eßtol | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | |
| Kozice, Parga | Kočevje | Kositzen, Kositzenberg | Afn Pargə | Gottschee | Unterlag | Unterlag | Now part of Spodnji Log |
| Kuhlarji | Kočevje | Küchlern | Kichlarn | Gottschee | Mösel | Mösel | |
| Kukovo | Dobrepolje | Kukendorf | Kukndoarf | Gottschee | Ebental | Ebental | Now part of Rapljevo |
| Kumrova Vas, Kumrovo | Kočevje | Kummerdorf | Kümmrdoarf | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | Now part of Svetli Potok |
| Kunč | Dolenjske Toplice | Kuntschen | Kuntschn | Seisenberg | Langenton | Unterwarmberg | Now part of Podstenice |
| Lahinja | Semič | Lachina | Lachinə$^{:88}$ | Tschernembl | Stockendorf | Stockendorf | Now part of Planina |
| Lapinje | Kočevje | Neugereuth, Laubbüchel | Lapiechl | Gottschee | Unterlag | Unterlag | Now part of Podlesje |
| Laze | Novo Mesto | Reuter, Reuther, Laase | Reuter | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | |
| Laze pri Oneku | Kočevje | Neufriesach | Biedröß | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | |
| Lazec | Loški Potok | Gehack, Gehag | Gəhack | Gottschee | Suchen | Suchen | |
| Livold | Kočevje | Lienfeld | Liəwold | Gottschee | Lienfeld | Gottschee | |
| Luža | Kočevje | Lacknern, Laknern | | Seisenberg | Langenton | Unterwarmberg | Now part of Komolec |
| Mačkovec | Kočevje | Katzendorf | Kotzndoarf | Gottschee | Seele | Gottschee | |
| Mahovnik, Mošvald | Kočevje | Mooswald | Mööschbold | Gottschee | Gottschee | Gottschee | |
| Mala Gora | Kočevje | Malgern | Maugrarn | Gottschee | Malgern | Mitterdorf | |
| Mali Rigelj | Dolenjske Toplice | Kleinrigel, Schriegl | Riegl | Rudolfswerth | Pöllandl | Pöllandl | |
| Mašelj | Semič | Maschel | Maschl | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | |
| Mavrlen | Črnomelj | Maierle | Maiərle | Tschernembl | Döblitsch | Tschernembl | |
| Medvedjek | Loški Potok | Bärenheim | | Gottschee | Obergras | Suchen | Now part of Trava |
| Miklarji | Črnomelj | Brunngeräuth | Prunngreit | Tschernembl | Döblitsch | Döblitsch | |
| Mirna Gora | Semič | Friedensberg, Friedbüchel | | | | | |
| Mlaka pri Kočevju | Kočevje | Kerndorf | Kearndoarf | Gottschee | Mitterdorf | Mitterdorf | |
| Mlaka pri Kočevski Reki | Kočevje | Moos | Möösch | Gottschee | Kotschen | Rieg | |
| Mokri Potok, Spodnji Vecenbah | Kočevje | Unterwetzenbach | Üntrbetznpoch | Gottschee | Rieg | Rieg | |
| Morava | Kočevje | Mrauen | Mragə | Gottschee | Hinterberg | Rieg | |
| Mozelj, Gorenji Mozelj | Kočevje | Obermösel, Mösel | Öbrmesl, Mesl | Gottschee | Mösel | Mösel | |
| Mrtvice | Kočevje | Gschwend | Gschwend | Gottschee | Mitterdorf | Mitterdorf | |
| Mrzli Potok | Kočevje | Kaltenbrunn | Kaotnprunn | Gottschee | Göttenitz | Göttenitz | Now part of Gotenica |
| Muha Vas, Gorenja Turkova Draga | Kočevje | Oberfliegendorf | Wliəgndoarf | Gottschee | Mösel | Mösel | |
| Nemška Loka | Kočevje | Unterdeutschau | Agə | Gottschee | Unterdeutschau | Unterdeutschau | |
| Nova Gora | Dolenjske Toplice | Neuberg | Neiəparg | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | |
| Nove Ložine | Kočevje | Neuloschin | Kuttlar | Gottschee | Mitterdorf | Mitterdorf | |
| Novi Breg | Kočevje | Neubacher, Schupfen | Schupfə | Gottschee | Malgern | Altlag | Now part of Trnovec |
| Novi Lazi | Kočevje | Hinterberg | Hintrparg | Gottschee | Hinterberg | Rieg | |
| Novi Log, Mali Log | Kočevje | Neulag | Shuəchə | Gottschee | Altlag | Altlag | Now part of Stari Log |
| Novi Tabor | Semič | Neutabor | Tawr | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Črmošnjice |
| Občice | Dolenjske Toplice | Krapflern | Kropflarn | Rudolfswerth | Pöllandl | Pöllandl | |
| Ograja | Kočevje | Suchenreuther, Suchenreuter | Ziachnreitər | Gottschee | Hinterberg | Rieg | |
| Onek | Kočevje | Hohenegg | Wrneggə | Gottschee | Seele | Gottschee | |
| Ovčjak | Črnomelj | Schäflein | Scheflein, Schaffle | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | Now part of Rožič Vrh |
| Pajkež, Zgornja Blaževica | Dolenjske Toplice | Oberblaschowitz | Peikous | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Dobindol |
| Planina | Semič | Stockendorf | də Aobə, Stockendoarf | Tschernembl | Stockendorf | Stockendorf | |
| Pleš | Dolenjske Toplice | Plösch | Plesch | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Dobindol |
| Pleš | Kočevje | Plösch | Plesch | Gottschee | Morobitz | Morobitz | Now part of Borovec pri Kočevski Reki |
| Podlesje, Ferdreng | Kočevje | Verdreng | Wrdreng | Gottschee | Mösel | Mösel | |
| Podpreska | Loški Potok | Merleinsraut, Merleinsrauth | Malaschrout | Gottschee | Suchen | Suchen | |
| Podstene | Kočevje | Untersteinwand, Neubüchel | Neipichl, Eipichl | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | |
| Podstenice | Dolenjske Toplice | Steinwand | Stuoinbond | Rudolfswerth | Pöllandl | Pöllandl | |
| Pogorelec | Dolenjske Toplice | Pogorelz | Pogrelz | Rudolfswerth | Pöllandl | Pöllandl | Now part of Podstenice |
| Polom | Kočevje | Ebental | Ebentou, Ebntol | Gottschee | Ebental | Ebental | |
| Ponikve | Semič | Sporeben | Schporebm | Tschernembl | Stockendorf | Stockendorf | Now part of Planina |
| Prerigelj | Kočevje | Prerigel | Preariegl | Gottschee | Unterdeutschau | Unterdeutschau | |
| Preža | Kočevje | Pröse | Preashə | Gottschee | Tiefenbach | Rieg | |
| Prežulje | Kočevje | Präsuln, Presuln | Preshulə | Gottschee | Tiefenbach | Morobitz | |
| Primoži, Handlerji, Handlarji | Kočevje | Handlern | Handlarə | Gottschee | Kotschen | Rieg | |
| Pugled pri Starem Logu | Kočevje | Hohenberg | Hoachnparg | Gottschee | Altlag | Altlag | |
| Rajhenav | Kočevje | Reichenau | Reichnagə | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | |
| Rajndol | Kočevje | Reinthal, Reintal | Reintol | Gottschee | Mösel | Mösel | |
| Rampoha | Dolenjske Toplice | Dranbank | Dranponk | Rudolfswerth | Pöllandl | Pöllandl | Now part of Občice |
| Ramsrigelj | Kočevje | Ramsriegel | Ramschriegl | Gottschee | Unterlag | Unterlag | Now part of Knežja Lipa |
| Ravne | Kočevje | Eben | Ebn, Ebnə | Gottschee | Morobitz | Morobitz | Now part of Borovec pri Kočevski Reki |
| Rdeči Kamen | Kočevje | Rotenstein | Roatnstoin | Seisenberg | Langenton | Unterwarmberg | Now part of Komolec |
| Resa | Semič | Ressen | Reasn | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Komarna Vas |
| Ribnik | Semič | Ribnig | Rimmnig | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Komarna Vas |
| Rigelj | Kočevje | Riegel | Riegl | Gottschee | Malgern | Altlag | Now part of Stari Breg |
| Rimsko, Remergrund | Kočevje | Römergrund | Remrgründ | Gottschee | Graflinden | Unterlag | Now part of Knežja Lipa |
| Rodine | Črnomelj | Rodine | | Tschernembl | Tschernembl | Tschernembl | |
| Rog | Kočevje | Hornwald | Hoarnwald | Rudolfswerth | Pöllandl | Pöllandl | Now part of Trnovec |
| Rogati Hrib | Kočevje | Hornberg | Hoarnparg | Gottschee | Hinterberg | Rieg | |
| Sadni Hrib, (Z)gornji Vecenbah | Kočevje | Oberwetzenbach | Öbrbetznpoch | Gottschee | Rieg | Rieg | |
| Šalka Vas | Kočevje | Schalkendorf | Schaokndoarf | Gottschee | Seele | Gottschee | |
| Seč | Kočevje | Setsch | Setsch | Gottschee | Ebental | Ebental | |
| Seč | Novo Mesto | Gehack, Gehag | Gəhack | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Travni Dol |
| Šenberk, Šenberg, Šenperg | Kočevje | Schönberg | Scheanparg | Gottschee | Altlag | Altlag | Now part of Stari Log |
| Škrilj, Dolenje Zdihovo | Kočevje | Unterskrill | Schkril | Gottschee | Mösel | Mösel | |
| Škrilj | Semič | Skrill | Schgriel | Tschernembl | Stockendorf | Stockendorf | Now part of Planina |
| Slaba Gorica | Črnomelj | Schlechtbüchel | Schlachtpiechl | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | Now part of Rožič Vrh |
| Slovenska Vas | Kočevje | Windischdorf | Bindischdoarf | Gottschee | Mitterdorf | Mitterdorf | |
| Smrečnik | Semič | Feichtbüchel | Waichtpiechl | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Komarna Vas |
| Smuka | Kočevje | Langenton | Zmuk | Seisenberg | Langenton | Unterwarmberg | |
| Spodnja Bukova Gora, Dolenja Bukova Gora | Kočevje | Unterbuchberg | Untrpuərchparg | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | Now part of Bukova Gora |
| Spodnji Log | Kočevje | Unterlag | Ünterloag | Gottschee | Unterlag | Unterlag | |
| Spodnji Pokštajn | Kočevje | Unterpockstein | Üntrpöckstuain | Gottschee | Unterlag | Unterlag | Now part of Podlesje |
| Sredgora | Semič | Mittenwald | Mittnbold | Tschernembl | Stockendorf | Stockendorf | |
| Srednja Bukova Gora | Kočevje | Mitterbuchberg | Mittrpuəchparg | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | Now part of Bukova Gora |
| Srednja Vas | Semič | Mitterdorf | Mitterdoarf | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | |
| Srednja Vas pri Dragi | Loški Potok | Mittergrass, Mittergras | Hentərdiafle | Gottschee | Obergras | Suchen | |
| Srobotnik | Dolenjske Toplice | Gutenberg | Liəlochpargəl | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Občice |
| Štalcerji, Štalcarji | Kočevje | Stalzern | Schtauzar | Gottschee | Hinterberg | Rieg | |
| Štale | Semič | Stalldorf | Schtoll, Schtolldoarf | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Komarna Vas |
| Stara Cerkev | Kočevje | Mitterdorf | Mittrdoaf | Gottschee | Mitterdorf | Mitterdorf | |
| Stare Žage | Dolenjske Toplice | Altsag | Autshug, Aotschock | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | |
| Stari Breg | Kočevje | Altbacher | Pachrn | Gottschee | Malgern | Altlag | |
| Stari Log | Kočevje | Altlag | Autloag | Gottschee | Altlag | Altlag | |
| Stari Tabor | Semič | Alttabor | Autrtawr | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Brezovica pri Črmošnjicah |
| Staro Brezje | Kočevje | Altfriesach | Wriəshoch | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | |
| Starološki Grič | Semič | Altlagbüchel | Autlogpichl, Lockpiechl | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | Now part of Planina |
| Stražnji Vrh | Črnomelj | Straßenberg | | | | | |
| Studeno | Kočevje | Brunnsee | Sheab, Prunnsheab | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | Now part of Knežja Lipa |
| Suhi Potok, Suha Vas | Kočevje | Durnbach, Dürnbach | Dürnpoch | Gottschee | Mösel | Mösel | |
| Sušje, Draga, Deroh | Črnomelj | Suchen | Därroch | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | Now part of Rožič Vrh |
| Svetli Potok | Kočevje | Lichtenbach | Liəmpoch | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | |
| Tanči Vrh, Tancbihel, Tanče Gorice, Tancpihelj | Kočevje | Tanzbüchel | Tonzpiechl | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | Now part of Hrib pri Koprivniku |
| Topličice | Semič | Töplitzel | Teplitzle | Tschernembl | Stockendorf | Stockendorf | Now part of Sredgora |
| Topli Vrh (nad Bistrico) | Črnomelj | Warmberg | Buərmparg | Gottschee | Nesseltal | Nesseltal | Now part of Rožič Vrh |
| Topli Vrh (pri Črmošnjicah) | Semič | Untertap(pe)lwerch | Topobach | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Črmošnjice |
| Trava | Loški Potok | Obergrass, Obergras | Woardearfle | Gottschee | Obergras | Suchen | |
| Travni Dol | Novo Mesto | Drandul | Trandul | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | |
| Travnik | Semič | Scherenbrunn, Grossberg | Schernprün, Groschparg, Grasberg | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Komarna Vas |
| Trnovec | Kočevje | Tiefenreuter, Trinovitz | Trintəbitz | Gottschee | Malgern | Altlag | |
| Turkova Draga, Dolenja Turkova Draga | Kočevje | Unterfliegendorf | Shuəchə, Tirknshuəchə, Peatscharə | Gottschee | Mösel | Mösel | Now part of Muha Vas |
| Turn | Kočevje | Turn, Thurn | Türn | Gottschee | Graflinden | Unterlag | Now part of Knežja Lipa |
| Verderb, Ferderb | Kočevje | Verderb | Vrderb | Gottschee | Mösel | Mösel | Now part of Podlesje |
| Vimolj | Semič | Wiederzug, Widerzug | Bidrzug | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Now part of Srednja Vas |
| Vrbovec | Kočevje | Tiefental | Tiəfntou, Tiəfntol | Gottschee | Ebental | Ebental | |
| Vrčice | Semič | Wertschitz, Wertschitsch | Trtschitzə | Möttling | Semitsch | Semitsch | |
| Zaderc | Kočevje | Saderz | Saderz | Tschernembl | Tscheplach | Unterlag | Now part of Brezovica pri Predgradu |
| Zajčje Polje | Kočevje | Hasenfeld | Huəshnbold | Gottschee | Schwarzenbach | Gottschee | |
| Zdihovo | Kočevje | Oberskrill | Öbrschkril | Gottschee | Mösel | Mösel | |
| Željne | Kočevje | Seele | Sheale | Gottschee | Seele | Gottschee | |
| Zgornji Pokštajn | Kočevje | Oberpockstein | Öberpöckschtuein | Gottschee | Mösel | Mösel | Now part of Podlesje |
| Žiben | Kočevje | Oberstein | Schkibm | Gottschee | Altlag | Altlag | Now part of Pugled pri Starem Logu |
| | Ribnica | Brunn bei Masern | | Reifnitz | Masern | Malgern | Only in the 1574 land registry; probably part of Grčarice |
| | Kočevje | Fliegendorf | Wliəgndoarf | Gottschee | Mösel | Mösel | See: Oberfliegendorf, Unterfliegendorf |
| | Semič | Friedbüchel | | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Only in the 1574 land registry; probably absorbed into a village near Črmošnjice |
| | Semič | Fünfzehn Huben | Wemfzein Huabn | Gottschee | Kotschen | Rieg | A collective name for Primoži, Koče, and Mlaka pri Kočevski Reki |
| | Kočevje | Gnadendorf | Gnoudndoarf, Gnoudndaf | Gottschee | Gottschee | Gottschee | Now part of Kočevje |
| | Kočevje | Moos bei Kerndorf | Kearndoarf | Gottschee | Mitterdorf | Mitterdorf | Only in the 1574 land registry; probably part of Mlaka pri Kočevju |
| | Semič | Rechgruben | | Rudolfswerth | Tschermoschnitz | Tschermoschnitz | Only in the 1574 land registry |