Dražgoše (pronounced [ˈdɾaːʒɡɔʃɛ]; German: Draschgosche[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

[2] Dražgoše was already inhabited in prehistoric times, as evidenced by archaeological excavations at a hillfort in the hamlet of Jelenšče.

After suffering heavy losses the Nazi forces set fire to the village, shot 41 hostages, and deported the remaining residents.

In August 1945, the new communist government presented a plan to modernize the village by rebuilding it with apartment blocks and collective farm infrastructure.

[8][9] The government also left the road to the village—which was built using forced labor by German prisoners of war—unfinished, stopping construction at Rudno.

[6] The parish church in Dražgoše stands in the hamlet of Pri Cerkvi and is dedicated to Saint Lucy.