Mozelj
Sign in to saveMozelj (; sometimes Gorenji Mozelj, or Mösel) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. It was a village inhabited mostly by Gottschee Germans. During the Second World War its original population was expelled. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mozelj
- Region
- Municipality of Kočevje
- Country
- Slovenija
- Population
- 197
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Mozelj
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mozelj Slovenia 1.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Slovenia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Traditional region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lower Carniola
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Statistical region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Southeast Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- Municipality of Kočevje
- Population
- +192
- Area
- +12.45
- Elevation
- +499.3
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Mozelj Slovenia 1.jpg
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Mass grave
- Churches
- References
- External links
Mozelj (; sometimes Gorenji Mozelj, or Mösel) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. It was a village inhabited mostly by Gottschee Germans. During the Second World War its original population was expelled. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
==Name== Mozelj was attested in the land registry of 1574 as Obermössl. The Slovene name Mozelj is based on German Obermösel. This, in turn, is believed to be a diminutive of Moos 'low-lying, damp ground; swamp'. The German name Obermösel literally means 'upper Mösel' and distinguished the settlement from neighboring Niedermösel (literally, 'lower Mösel'), today known as Kočarji.