Breg pri Kočevju (; german: Rain''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 42.) is a settlement on the left bank of the Rinža River north of

Kočevje Kočevje (; german: Gottschee; ''Göttscheab'' or ''Gətscheab'' in the local Gottscheerish dialect; it, Cocevie) is a city in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. It is the seat of the municipality. Geography The town is loc ...

in southern

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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Name

Breg pri Kočevju was attested in written sources as ''Rain'' in 1494. The German common noun ''Rain'' means 'marge; bank' and semantically corresponds to the Slovene name ''Breg'' (literally, 'bank'), both referring to the village's location on the bank of the Rinža River. The name of the settlement was changed from ''Breg'' to ''Breg pri Kočevju'' in 1953.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Breg pri Kočevju include: *Ivan Erker (a.k.a. Johann Erker), nom de guerre Goldšmid (1895–1953), Gottschee German communist politician

References

External links

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Breg pri Kočevju on GeopediaPre–World War II map of Breg pri Kočevju with oeconyms and family names
Populated places in the Municipality of Kočevje {{Kočevje-geo-stub