Gottschee
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For the town of Kočevje (German: Gottschee), see Kočevje.
Gottschee (pronounced [ɡɔˈtʃeː],[1][2] Slovene: Kočevsko) refers to a former German-speaking region in Carniola, a crownland of the Habsburg Empire, part of the historical and traditional region of Lower Carniola, now in Slovenia. The region has been a county, duchy, district, and municipality during various parts of its history. The term often also refers to the entire ethnolinguistic enclave regardless of administrative borders.[3][4] Today Gottschee largely corresponds to the Municipality of Kočevje. The original German settlers of the region are called Gottschee Germans[5][6] or Gottscheers,[7] and their German dialect is called Gottschee German[8] or Gottscheerish.[9]