Gottschee (pronounced [ɡɔˈtʃeː], [1][2] Slovene: Kočevsko) refers to a former German-speaking region in Carniola, a crownland of the Habsburg Empire, part of the historical and traditional region of Lower Carniola, now in Slovenia. The region has been a county, duchy, district, and municipality during various parts of its history.

As a result, there were a number of important castles and fortifications in and around Gottschee. In 1350, the emperor made available 300 families from Thuringia in Germany, and this group formed the basis of the population of Gottschee County as a German-speaking language island in a duchy mostly inhabited by Slovenians.

An entry records the following five parishes and the number of parishioners in the Gottschee enclave: Town of Gottschee (3,250), Rieg (1,562), Mösel (910), Nesseltal (1,665) and Tschermoschnitz (1,692). In total, 9,079 persons. 1770

Shows names and locations of all Gottscheer villages. Includes index that cross-references German and Slovenian village names. The size of the map is 17 ” x 25 ” . Village cadastral maps from the year 1868, were the official register of the quantity, value, and ownership of real estate used in apportioning taxes.

Things only improved when he took over the traditional provincial offices of the Auersperg family. He raised the level of culture by inviting artists and scholars to his palace in Laibach. The castle in the city of Gottschee did not serve him as his house for representation but was intended to be his administrative building from the outset.

2024年9月30日 · In 1641 Wolf Engelbert von Auersperg purchased Gottschee County from Count Georg Zwickl-Khisl for 84,000 florins. Engelbert abandoned the deteriorating castle at Friedrichstein and built a new castle in the town of Gottschee itself, which survived until the Second World War. Because Gottschee was a county, Engelbert thereby became a count himself.

Welcome to the Gottscheer Heritage and Genealogy Association (GHGA) website. The GHGA was founded in 1992 to preserve the culture, history, and genealogical records of Gottscheers and Gottschee (1330-1941). We invite you to explore the history and images of Gottschee, the surnames, and the genealogical records of Gottscheers on this site.

The small bell of the Franziskuskirche (Church of St. Francis) near Rieg in the Hinterland has been hanging in the tower since 1966. The "Gottscheer Landsmannschaft Klagenfurt" bought the land around the castle church, an area of 7,600 square meters.

The GHGA was founded in 1992 to preserve the culture, history, and genealogical records of Gottscheers and Gottschee (1330-1941). We invite you to explore the history and images of Gottschee, the surnames, and the genealogical records of Gottscheers on this site.

Gottschee itself was probably founded sometime around 1270. It is first mentioned in records of 1310, and more definitively in the year 1330, when the archbishop of Aquileia asks the Count of Ortenburg to nominate priests to be pastors for the parishes of Ossiunitz, Göttenitz, Gottschee, Pölland, and Reifnitz.