Bukova Gora (; Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem''. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.) is a remote abandoned settlement 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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. The settlement is made up of three separate hamlets: Gorenja Bukova Gora (''Oberbuchberg''), Srednja Bukova Gora (''Mitterbuchberg''), and Spodnja Bukova Gora (''Unterbuchberg''), formerly independent settlements. It was inhabited by Gottschee Germans. Gorenja Bukova Gora was abandoned in the late 19th and early 20th century, when all its inhabitants emigrated, mostly to the

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. Srednja and Spodnja Bukova Gora were abandoned after they were burned down in 1942 during the

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. The local

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, dedicated to

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, was also burned down.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2806

References

External links

Bukova Gora on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Kočevje {{Kočevje-geo-stub