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2 unusual facts about Kočevske Poljane


Gottscheerish

Most Gottscheerish speakers live in Moschnitze valley (Črmošnjiško-Poljanska dolina) between Kočevske Poljane and Črmošnjice, where some Gottscheer families collaborated with the partisan movement and therefore were allowed to stay.

Kočevske Poljane

Their dialect Gottscheerish was forbidden after World War II, so today there are only a few people left who speak it.



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