Seč (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 40.Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem''. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.) is an abandoned settlement in the

Municipality of Kočevje The Municipality of Kočevje (; ) is a Municipalities of Slovenia, municipality in southern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the city of Kočevje. Today it is part of the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. In terms of area, it is t ...

in southern

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. It was a village inhabited by Gottschee Germans. In 1941, 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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Church

The local

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is dedicated to Saint Agnes () and was built in 1837. Its interior furnishings were destroyed after the Second World War. It was restored in the early 1980s.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2152

References

External links

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Seč on GeopediaPre–World War II List of oeconyms and family names in Seč
Populated places in the Municipality of Kočevje {{Kočevje-geo-stub