Črmošnjice (; german: Tschermoschnitz''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 152.Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem''. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.) is a

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in the

Municipality of Semič The Municipality of Semič (; sl, Občina Semič) is a municipality in Slovenia in the traditional region of White Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. The municipality is included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. Its seat is the settl ...

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. It lies on the eastern edge of the

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region that used to be inhabited by Gottschee Germans expelled in 1941 during the

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. The area is part of the historical region of

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. The municipality is now included in the

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Name

Črmošnjice was first attested in 1264 as ''Scherczenicz'' (and as ''Zcermesniza'' in 1295, ''Tschermoznicz'' in 1353, and ''Tschermoschnitz'' in 1421). The name is derived from archaic Slovene ''čremoš, čremož'' '

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' (today ''čemaž'' in Slovene) and thus refers to the local vegetation. The name of the town also appears in the clipped forms ''Maschen'' in 1614 and ''Moschen'' in 1754. In the past the German name was ''Tschermoschnitz''.

Church

The local

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is dedicated to the

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and belongs to Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It dates to the 16th century.

References

External links

Črmošnjice at GeopediaPre–World War II map of Črmošnjice with oeconyms and family names
Populated places in the Municipality of Semič {{Semič-geo-stub