Kozice (; also ''Parga'',Simonič, Ivan. 1935. "Kočevarji v luči krajevnih in ledinskih imen." ''Glasnik Muzejskega društva za Slovenijo'' 16: 61–81 and 106–123, p. 75. ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 42. or ''Kositzenberg'', Gottschee German: ''Afn Pargə'') is an abandoned former

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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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. Its territory is now part of the village of Spodnji Log.

Name

The name ''Kozice'' has been explained as referring to Kozice Ridge south of the settlement, imagined to look like a goat (from Slovene ''koza'' 'goat'). The alternate Slovene name ''Parga'' has been explained as derived from Slovene ''prga'' 'that which rakes (up)'.Ferenc, Mitja, & Gojko Zupan. 2012. ''Izgubljene kočevske vasi'', vol. 2 (K–P). Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani. However, compare Gottscheerish ''parc, parge'' 'hill, mountain'.

History

Kozice was a Gottschee German village. It was not yet mentioned in the land registry of 1576, but by 1824 it had seven houses, and in 1890 eight houses with a population of 43, all ethnically Slovene. The original Gottschee German inhabitants had gradually moved away. In 1931 it had five houses and eight Slovene residents. The village burned in 1931, after which a farmer named Kalčič built a house and barn at the site. At that point it had not belonged to the ethnic German enclave of Gottschee for a considerable time. The settlement was listed as abandoned in 1937.''Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine''. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 219.

Church

The ruins of a

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dedicated to the

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and the

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are located in a sparse beech forest above the former village. The building probably predated the mid-17th century. The church was struck by lightning before the Second World War and its roof burned. The church is difficult to reach, and so after the war it was not crushed into road gravel like other churches in the Gottschee region and its stones were not removed for building material.

References

External links

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Kozice on Geopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kozice, Kocevje Former populated places in the Municipality of Kočevje