Pleš (; german: Plösch''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 34.Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem''. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.) is a remote settlement in the

Municipality of Kočevje The Municipality of Kočevje (; sl, Občina Kočevje) is a municipality in southern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the city of Kočevje. Today it is part of the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. In terms of area, it is the larg ...

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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.Kočevje municipal site
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Borovec pri Kočevski Reki Borovec pri Kočevski Reki (; german: Morobitz,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 34.Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni o ...

History

Pleš was listed in the land registry of 1498 as having a full farm; in the land registry of 1574, the farm had been divided into two halves. Pleš gradually grew into a settlement with six houses. In 1971, Pleš had only one house, located about 100 m west of the road to

Kočevska Reka Kočevska Reka (; german: Rieg''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 36.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Sloven ...

References

External links

Pleš on GeopediaPre–World War II map of Pleš with oeconyms and family names
Former populated places in the Municipality of Kočevje {{Kočevje-geo-stub