Gorenja Loka (; also Gorenja Nemška Loka,Glonar, Joža. 1931. Poučni slovar. Ljubljana: Umetniška propaganda, p. 427.Simonič, Ivan. 1935. "Kočevarji v luči krajevnih in ledinskih imen." Glasnik Muzejskega društva za Slovenijo 16: 61–81 and 106–123, p. 78. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.) is a remote abandoned settlement in the Municipality 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 Its territory is now part of the village of Hrib pri Koprivniku.
History Gorenja Loka was a Gottschee German village. It was founded in the 14th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 22985 Before the Second World War it had six houses. All of the houses in the settlement were burned by Italian troops in the summer of 1942 during the Rog Offensive and it was never rebuilt. The site of the former village is registered as cultural heritage.
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External links Gorenja Loka on Geopedia Pre–World War II map of Gorenja Loka with house names and family names