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unusual facts about Koče, Kočevje


Peter Kozler

Kozler was born in Koče, a village south of Kočevje in Gottschee County, in what was then the Austrian Kingdom of Illyria, and is now Slovenia.


Arnold von Bruck

Some of the places at which he was granted positions or honors included Ljubljana Cathedral, Zagreb Cathedral, and Kočevje, in modern Slovenia.

Bukova Gora

Bukova Gora, Kočevje, a settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje, Slovenia

Dolga Vas

Dolga Vas, Kočevje, a village in the Municipality of Kočevje, southeastern Slovenia

Happy Bottom Riding Club

Pancho's life was chronicled in an Emmy-winning 2009 documentary film for PBS station KOCE-TV, entitled The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club.

Henry Samueli

The Foundation has also given grants to Tarbut V' Torah, Chapman University, the Orange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA), the Ocean Institute, El Viento, THINK Together, Orangewood’s Guardian Scholar Program, KOCE, the Discovery Science Center and Hope University, all of which have a mission dedicated to improving the lives of others through education.

KOCE-TV

KOCE became the Los Angeles market's primary PBS station on January 1, 2011, when the area's longtime original primary member station of the network, KCET (channel 28), ended its association with PBS after 40 years due to an increase in costs to carry PBS programming – leading to its switch to an independent public television station.

A fourth public television station serving the area, KCET (channel 28), ended its 40-year membership with PBS in 2010 and is currently the nation's largest independent public television station.

Leo von Caprivi

His father's family was of Italian and Slovene origin, their original surname was Kopriva and they originated from Koprivnik (Nesseltal) near Kočevje in the Kočevski Rog (Hornwald) region of Lower Carniola (present-day Slovenia).

Mala Gora

Mala Gora, Kočevje, a settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje, Slovenia

Novi Lazi

The cemetery lies southwest of the settlement where the road through the village rejoins the main road from Kočevje to Brod na Kupi, Croatia.

Slovenska Vas

Slovenska Vas, Kočevje, a settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje, southern Slovenia

Southern Bavarian

The speech area historically included the former linguistic enclaves in Carniola (present-day Slovenia) around Gottschee (Gottscheerish in the Gottschee region), Sorica (Zarz) and Nemški Rovt (Deutsch Ruth).


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