Veliki Koren

Veliki Koren
Veliki Koren

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°53′57.34″N 15°23′3.29″E / 45.8992611°N 15.3842472°E / 45.8992611; 15.3842472Coordinates: 45°53′57.34″N 15°23′3.29″E / 45.8992611°N 15.3842472°E / 45.8992611; 15.3842472
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Lower Sava
Municipality Krško
Area
  Total 0.6 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Elevation 190 m (620 ft)
Population (2012)
  Total 0
[1]

Veliki Koren (pronounced [ˈʋeːliki ˈkoːɾɛn]; German: Großwurzen[2]) is an uninhabited settlement in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3]

History

Veliki Koren had a population of 29 in 1900,[2] but is now uninhabited.[1] In the fall of 1941, German forces evicted the residents of the village to make room for the planned resettlement of Gottschee Germans. By 1971 only two houses remained in the village, and these were already slated for demolition because of the gradual expansion of a mine for diatomaceous earth.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 78.
  3. Krško municipal site
  4. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 166.


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