Ribnik (; german: RibnikFerenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem''. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.) is a remote abandoned settlement 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 ...

in southern

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Overview

The area is part of the traditional region of

Lower Carniola Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region. Geography Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the no ...

and is now included in the

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. Its territory is now part of the village of

Komarna Vas Komarna Vas (; german: MuckendorfFerenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem''. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4. or ''Obertappelwerch'Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kran ...

History

Ribnik was a Gottschee German village. It was named after two ponds (from Slovene ''ribnik'' 'pond') in the village owned by the Dominion of Kočevje. In 1574 the village consisted of four half-farms. In 1770 it had 10 houses, and 11 houses in 1931. A steam-powered sawmill operated in the village before the Second World War. The original inhabitants were expelled in the fall of 1941. The village was burned by Italian troops in the summer of 1942 during the Rog Offensive and it was never rebuilt.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 53.

References

External links

Ribnik on GeopediaPre–World War II list of oeconyms and family names in Ribnik
Former populated places in the Municipality of Semič {{Semič-geo-stub