Sadni Hrib (; earlier ''Zgornji Vecenbah'',Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem''. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4. ''Zgornji Vencenbah'', or ''Gornji Vecenbah'', german: Oberwetzenbach''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 36.) is a

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in the

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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
/ref> It no longer has any permanent residents.

History

Sadni Hrib was a Gottschee German village. Before the Second World War it had 13 houses. The village was not destroyed during the war. Only three houses remained in the village in 1953, and the last inhabitants left in 1958.

References

External links

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