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This site is dedicated to open discussion about the former linguistic island known as Gottschee (Kocevje), Slovenia. You will also find information about Gottscheer geneaology, villages, food, and folklore.

All contributions have been made by our loyal group of participants since the site's inception in 1995.

Welcome, and enjoy your visit.

Map of Unterbuchberg bei Nesselthal

Also see: map of Neugreuth ("Lapichl")

This wonderful map of Unterbuchberg (the village in Gottschee that my father came from) was drawn and labelled by Herman Rom of Ridgewood, NY (originally from house #4 Grihsaisch). It came to us courtesy of Robert Kump of Nipomo, CA.

For those unfamiliar, the homes in any Gottschee village all had a name; it is the name of the actual builder of the house. Thus, because my grandparents settled in house #10, they were called "Löbaisch Kump".

The key to the numbers may not be too readable so I've included them in a table underneath the map. Teich means a little pond or lake, and Kapelle means a small roadside shrine.

Number	House Name	Occupant
1	Vlakkhn	Maria Widmer
2	Ankölaisch	Johann Kump
3	Schtaffonsch	Johann Kump
4	Grihsaisch	Ernst Rom
5	Tötaisch	Ferdinand Flack
6	Lükkisch	Johann Kump
7	Kümpm	Josef Kump
8	Jöshlsch	Franz Maierle
9	Tschölaisch	Maria Jaksche
10	Löbaisch	Franz Kump
11	Hinter	Rosalia Kump
12	Shüpponsch	Peter Lackner
13	Rigelaisch	(ruins)
14 (unmarked)	Schtrussnarsch	(ruins)
15	Tischlarsch	Johann Roschitsch