Compiled by Paul Jenner. A sketch of each village, as of 1941, shows the location of the houses, the village roads, and other items in the village (chapel, well, etc.). Family names of those who lived in each house and house numbers are given for most of the villages. Several village sketches are missing. The […]

Compiled by John Krauland.  A transcription of the land register of Gottschee dated 1574. The Urbars are manorial records of tenants in the feudal domain of Gottschee. It shows the very oldest spelling of names of villages and peoples. The data is presented in four databases. One contains the names of 1,575 individuals. The database […]

by Rev. Joseph Erker, translated by Andrew Witter, edited by Edward Skender and Elfriede Stonitsch. Written between 1928 and 1931, this rich history mentions over 200 Gottscheer family names, along with historical information on the development and settlement of the parish’s 17 villages: Obermösel, Niedermösel, Durnbach, Otterbach, Reintal, Verderb, Verdreng, Oberpockstein, Oberskrill, Unterskrill, Kuchlern, Oberfliegendorf, […]

Transcribed to Excel by Gregg Lickteig. See the description above for the paper copy of the records. The database can be sorted by surname, a woman’s maiden name, date and place of birth. The CD also includes maps. 2006 Item #466 CD ISBN 1-931509-54-9

The book is a copy of 38 selected articles in German from the Gottschee Kalenders, published in Gottschee, Slovenia, between 1926 and 1941. Includes postage and shipping costs. 281 pages Item #475

by Mitja Ferenc, translated by Edgar Erker, edited and updated by Max Mische.  The original publication by Mitja Ferenc in 1993, was produced with facing German and Slovenian language pages, for the permanent exhibition dedicated to the Gottscheer culture in the Muzej Kocevje (Museum of Kocevje). In addition to photographs and maps, there is an […]

translated by Andrew J. Witter. Written by Georg Widmer in Vienna, Austria, in 1931 as Urkundliche Beträge zur Geschichte des Gottscheer Landchens 1406-1627(Documentary Excerpts from the History of the Gottschee District) it gives us the original words of the Gottscheer farmer, his lords, and his imperial masters concerning life in the frontier feudal doman of […]

edited by Maria Cuzzo and Edward Skender. The publication contains the translation of the “Year in Review” articles written by prominent Gottscheer authors and published in the annual Gottscheer Kalenders. These articles record the key events (personal, social, religious, political activity, language, and schools) that transpired in Gottschee County during this critical, final period of […]