Kočevska Reka (; ''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

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in southern

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. It was a village settled by Gottschee Germans. A major fire destroyed most of the village in 1929, but it was restored. During the

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its original population was expelled. The area is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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Name

The settlement was originally called ''Reka'' (literally, 'river'), after the Reka River south of the settlement. The specifier ''Kočevska'' 'Kočevje' was added later in order to distinguish the settlement from the town of

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() on the

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, with which the population had trade connections.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 227–228.

History

The Kočevska Reka volunteer fire department became a founding unit of the Kočevje municipal fire department on 28 August 1955.

Church

The local

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, dedicated to

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, was a 16th-century building that survived the

, but it was demolished in 1954. The current church was built between 1994 and 1999.Slovenian Ministry of Culture Register of National Heritage
reference number ešd 18023

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Kočevska Reka include: * Johann Kosler (1819–1898), politician and agriculture expert * Josef Kosler (1822–1917), lawyer and head of efforts to drain the

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Gallery

File:Rieg 1899 Reka Kocevska.jpg, 12 kr Austrian stamp in 1899 with German and Slovenian names File:Kočevska reka oreh.jpg, The largest walnut tree in Slovenia (in Kočevska Reka).

References

External links

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Kočevska Reka on GeopediaPre–World War II map of Kočevska Reka with oeconyms and family names
Populated places in the Municipality of Kočevje {{Kočevje-geo-stub