Pleš (; Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Dolenjske Toplice in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.Dolenjske Toplice municipal site Its territory is now part of the village of Dobindol.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 481.
Name Like related names (e.g., Plešivec, Plešivica), the name Pleš is derived from the adjective pleš 'bare, barren of vegetation', referring to the local terrain.
History Pleš was a Gottschee German village. Two houses in the village were burned by Italian troops during the Second World War.
References
External links Pleš on Geopedia Pre–World War II map of Pleš with oeconyms and family names