Gottscheers
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Gottscheers are the German settlers of the Kočevje region of Slovenia, formerly Gottschee County. Until the Second World War, their main language of communication was Gottscheerish, a Bavarian dialect
People dressed in traditional Gottscheer costume at a folk festival in Maria Saal, Austria, 2023
Gottschee German peasants in an engraving from Johann Weikhard von Valvasor's work The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, 17th century
Parade during the 600 year anniversary celebrations, 1930
Ethnic Germans from Gottschee facing resettlement in 1941
Brežice
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Brežice is a town in eastern Slovenia in the Lower Sava Valley, near the Croatian border. It is the seat of the Municipality of Brežice. It lies in the center of the Brežice Plain, which is part of th
Brežice
German House
St. Roch's Church 01
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