Primoži (; ,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 36.

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: ''Handlarə''Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In ''Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer'' (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.) is a small 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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Name

The German name ''Handlern''—and the Slovene name ''Handlerji'', based on it—are both plural forms, derived from a surname. The Slovene name of the settlement was changed from ''Handlerji'' (previously also ''Handlarji'') to ''Primoži'' in 1953. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia’s postwar communist government to remove German elements from toponyms. The three villages of Primoži, Koče, and

Mlaka pri Kočevski Reki Mlaka pri Kočevski Reki (; ''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 Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia ...

were also referred to collectively in German as ''Fünfzehnhuben'' (literally, 'fifteen hides').

History

Primoži was a Gottschee German village. In 1498 the village consisted of two full farms and six half-farms. The land registry of 1574 shows that the two full farms were also subdivided and that two tenant farmers were also living in the settlement.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 240. At that time the population was between 45 and 55. In 1770 there were 20 houses in the settlement. Before the Second World War it had 31 houses and a population of 84. The economy of the village was based on farming, gathering berries, and hauling sawn lumber and logs.''Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine''. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 216. The original German inhabitants of Primoži were evicted in November 1941, after which their houses stood empty and began to deteriorate.

Religious heritage

* Primoži had a chapel dedicated to

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and the

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. * A column shrine stands southwest of the main part of the settlement. It is a baroque structure with a square

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. It has semicircular niches.

Other cultural heritage

Primoži has a walled collection area around a spring feeding a karst stream. It was built in the second half of the nineteenth century and is closed with a gate. Next to the spring is a rectangular concrete

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. It stands in a small karst valley.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 23179

References

External links

Primoži on GeopediaPre–World War II list of oeconyms and family names in Primoži
{{DEFAULTSORT:Primozi Populated places in the Municipality of Kočevje