Cesta (; also ''Cesta pri Starem Logu'',
[Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem''. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.]) is a former settlement in the
Municipality of Kočevje
The Municipality of Kočevje (; ) is a Municipalities of Slovenia, municipality in southern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the city of Kočevje. Today it is part of the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. In terms of area, it is t ...
in southern
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola
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and is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region
The Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region () is a statistical region in southeast Slovenia. It is the largest statistical region. The development of this region is largely the result of industry (the auto industry, pharmaceuticals, and other light ...
. Its territory is now part of the village of
Pugled pri Starem Logu.
Name
Cesta was attested in historical sources as ''Winchler'' in 1574. The Slovene name ''Cesta'' means 'road'. Places with this name in Slovenia lie along roads that predated Slavic settlement in the area. The name of the village was changed from ''Cesta'' to ''Cesta pri Starem Logu'' in 1953.
History
Cesta was a village inhabited by
Gottschee Germans. Before the Second World War it had eight houses. In 1942 a "labor battalion" was stationed here in charge of working the fields, harvesting the crops, and mowing. The village was burned by Italian troops in July 1942 during the Rog Offensive and was never rebuilt.
Cesta was presumably deemed annexed by Pugled pri Starem Logu in 1953 because it is not mentioned in later enumerations of settlements in the area (e.g., in 1955 and 1957
).
References
External links
Cesta on GeopediaPre–World War II map of Cesta with oeconyms and family names
Former populated places in the Municipality of Kočevje
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