Breg pri Kočevju (; Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 42.Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.) is a settlement on the left bank of the Rinža River north of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.Kočevje municipal site
Name Breg pri Kočevju was attested in written sources as Rain in 1494. The German common noun Rain means 'marge; bank' and semantically corresponds to the Slovene name Breg (literally, 'bank'), both referring to the village's location on the bank of the Rinža River. The name of the settlement was changed from Breg to Breg pri Kočevju in 1953.Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Breg pri Kočevju include: Ivan Erker (a.k.a. Johann Erker), nom de guerre Goldšmid (1895–1953), Gottschee German communist politician
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Breg pri Kočevju on Geopedia Pre–World War II map of Breg pri Kočevju with oeconyms and family names