Turn (; or ''Thurn''''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 36.Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem''. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.) is a remote abandoned former 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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and is now included in the

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.Kočevje municipal site
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Knežja Lipa Knežja Lipa (; ,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 36, 41.Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem''. Koč ...

History

Turn was a village inhabited by Gottschee Germans. Before the Second World War, it had four houses. In May 1942, the settlement was burned by Italian troops. It was not rebuilt after the war, and the pastures were incorporated into a collective farm.

References

External links

Turn on GeopediaPre–World War II list of oeconyms and family names in Turn
Former populated places in the Municipality of Kočevje {{Kočevje-geo-stub