Mahovnik (; in older sources also ''Mošvald'';
[''Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung'', no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 26] german: Mooswald,
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 36.] in older sources also ''Moschwald''
) is a settlement on the left bank of the
Rinža River, immediately northwest of the town of
Kočevje in southern
Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola and is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
History
Mahovnik was the first settlement in
Gottschee attested in written sources. It was named in a letter from
Patriarch Bertram to Count Oton von Ortenburg on 1 September 1339.
[Tschinkel, Wilhelm. ''Gottscheer Volkstum in Sitte, Brauch, Märchen, Sagen, Legenden und anderen volkstümlichen Überlieferungen.'' Ljubljana: ZRC, p. 607.] At the time, it also included the territory of present-day
Kočevje, which was still unnamed. In 1574 the settlement had 20 half-farms and one tenant farmer. The settlement was the first point of arrival for
Gottschee German settlers in the area in the 14th century. The ethnically German settlers were evicted in 1941, after which the settlement was repopulated by arrivals from other parts of Slovenia.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Mahovnik include:
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Meta Koren
Meta (from the Greek μετά, ''meta'', meaning "after" or "beyond") is a prefix meaning "more comprehensive" or "transcending".
In modern nomenclature, ''meta''- can also serve as a prefix meaning self-referential, as a field of study or ende ...
, journalist and translator (1911–?)
References
External links
Mahovnik on GeopediaPre–World War II map of Mahovnik with oeconyms and family names
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Populated places in the Municipality of Kočevje
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