WELCOME TO SLOVENIA! MEIS environmental consulting doo

WELCOME TO SLOVENIA!
MEIS environmental consulting d.o.o.
MEIS environmental consulting d.o.o.
MEIS storitve za okolje d.o.o.
Mali Vrh pri Šmarju, Slovenia
dr. Marija Zlata Božnar, director
SLOVENIA as seen from: http://www.matkurja.com
Test location: KOČEVJE REGION
as seen from:
http://www.obcinakocevje.si (munincipality)
Test location: KOČEVJE REGION
Kočevje
municipality:
563 km2
80 villages and towns
17.000 inhabitants
as seen from: http://www.obcinakocevje.si
KOČEVJE REGION,
HISTORY
German minority – settled there in 14th century
from north Karnten and east Tirol by Ortenburg noble family
For 6 centuries – German island in Slovene territory
800 km2
End of 19th century:
economic crisis -> more than half went to America
Second world war:
minority moved to other north “empty” regions,
directed by Hitler,
after war to Austria then mostly to America
German inhabitants: Before 12.000, after 94 in 1948,
Slovene inhabitants remain
KOČEVJE REGION
After 1945:
Some parts were closed shelter area
until 1990
regional and cultural heritage loss:
176 villages -> less than 70 exist
(also because of fires during the war)
123 churches -> 28 remain after the war
Empty area (few main towns and villages)
Economically underdeveloped
KOČEVJE
REGION,
SLOVENIA
Village
Dolenja
Topla
Reber
1937
and
1992
From: http://www.kocevje.si
KOČEVJE ruins, watter reservoir, Karst area
REGION (caves, little surface water), brown bear
KOČEVJE
REGION
KOČEVJE
REGION
Wood industry, hunters, cattle, some
agriculture