Primoži

Place in Lower Carniola, Slovenia

Primoži

Handlerji (until 1953)

Primoži

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°36′0.74″N 14°47′26.8″E﻿ / ﻿45.6002056°N 14.790778°E﻿ / 45.6002056; 14.790778
Country|  Slovenia
Traditional region| Lower Carniola
Statistical region| Southeast Slovenia
Municipality| Kočevje
Area

• Total

| 3.71 km2 (1.43 sq mi)
Elevation

| 582.8 m (1,912.1 ft)
Population

(2002)

• Total

| 9
[1]

Primoži (pronounced [ˈpɾiːmɔʒi]; German: Handlern,[2][3] Gottscheerish: Handlarə[4]) is a small settlement in the Municipality 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.[5]

## Name

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The German name Handlern—and the Slovene name Handlerji, based on it—are both plural forms, derived from a surname.[4] The Slovene name of the settlement was changed from Handlerji (previously also Handlarji[6]) 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.[7][8] The three villages of Primoži, Koče, and Mlaka pri Kočevski Reki were also referred to collectively in German as Fünfzehnhuben (literally, 'fifteen hides').[9]

## History

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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.[10] At that time the population was between 45 and 55.[4] In 1770 there were 20 houses in the settlement.[4] 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.[11] The original German inhabitants of Primoži were evicted in November 1941, after which their houses stood empty and began to deteriorate.[10]

## Religious heritage

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* Primoži had a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes and the Sacred Heart.[11][12]
* A column shrine stands southwest of the main part of the settlement. It is a baroque structure with a square hip roof. It has semicircular niches.[13]

## Other cultural heritage

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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 watering trough. It stands in a small karst valley.[14]

## References

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1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 36.
3. ^ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
4. ^ a b c d Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.
5. ^ Kočevje municipal site
6. ^ Simonič, Ivan. 1935. "Kočevarji v luči krajevnih in ledinskih imen." Glasnik Muzejskega društva za Slovenijo 16: 61–81 and 106–123, p. 78.
7. ^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
8. ^ Urbanc, Mimi & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
9. ^ Handlern at gottscheerland.at (in German)
10. ^ a b Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 240.
11. ^ a b Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 216.
12. ^ Ferenc, Mitja. 2001. "Povojna usoda sakralnih objektov na nekdanjem nemškem jezikovnem območju na Kočevskem." Kronika 49: 123–140, p. 129.
13. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 24222
14. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 23179

## External links

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* Primoži on Geopedia
* Pre–World War II list of oeconyms and family names in Primoži

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Settlements|

Administrative seat: Kočevje

| Current|

* Borovec pri Kočevski Reki
* Breg pri Kočevju
* Brezovica pri Predgradu
* Bukova Gora
* Čeplje
* Črni Potok pri Kočevju
* Cvišlerji
* Dol
* Dolga Vas
* Dolnja Briga
* Dolnje Ložine
* Gorenje
* Gornja Briga
* Gornje Ložine
* Gotenica
* Griček pri Željnah
* Hreljin
* Hrib pri Koprivniku
* Jelenja Vas
* Kačji Potok
* Kleč
* Klinja Vas
* Knežja Lipa
* Koblarji
* Kočarji
* Koče
* Kočevska Reka
* Komolec
* Konca Vas
* Koprivnik
* Kralji
* Kuhlarji
* Laze pri Oneku
* Laze pri Predgradu
* Livold
* Mačkovec
* Mahovnik
* Mala Gora
* Mlaka pri Kočevju
* Mlaka pri Kočevski Reki
* Mokri Potok
* Morava
* Mozelj
* Mrtvice
* Muha Vas
* Nemška Loka
* Nove Ložine
* Novi Lazi
* Ograja
* Onek
* Paka pri Predgradu
* Podjetniško Naselje Kočevje
* Podlesje
* Podstene
* Polom
* Predgrad
* Preža
* Primoži
* Pugled pri Starem Logu
* Rajhenav
* Rajndol
* Rogati Hrib
* Sadni Hrib
* Šalka Vas
* Seč
* Škrilj
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* Smuka
* Spodnja Bilpa
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* Štalcerji
* Stara Cerkev
* Stari Breg
* Stari Log
* Staro Brezje
* Suhi Potok
* Svetli Potok
* Topla Reber
* Trnovec
* Vimolj pri Predgradu
* Vrbovec
* Vrt
* Zajčje Polje
* Zdihovo
* Željne

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Former|

* Ajbik
* Beli Kamen
* Cesta
* Dolnja Topla Reber
* Draga
* Gnadendorf
* Gorenja Bukova Gora
* Gorenja Loka
* Gorenji Mačkovec
* Gornja Topla Reber
* Grintovec
* Hutterhäuser
* Inlauf
* Jelenja Vas
* Kozice
* Kumrova Vas
* Lapinje
* Luža
* Mrzli Potok
* Novi Breg
* Novi Log
* Pleš
* Prerigelj
* Prežulje
* Ramsrigelj
* Ravne
* Rdeči Kamen
* Rigelj
* Rimsko
* Rog
* Šenberk
* Spodnja Bukova Gora
* Spodnji Pokštajn
* Srednja Bukova Gora
* Studeno
* Tanči Vrh
* Turkova Draga
* Turn
* Verderb
* Videm
* Zaderc
* Zgornja Bilpa
* Zgornji Pokštajn
* Žiben

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