Kozice, Kočevje

Kozice (pronounced [ˈkɔːzitsɛ]; also Parga,[1][2] German: Kositzen[3][4] or Kositzenberg,[5] Gottschee German: Afn Pargə[6]) is an abandoned former village in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia.

[10] The village burned in 1931, after which a farmer named Kalčič built a house and barn at the site.

At that point it had not belonged to the ethnic German enclave of Gottschee for a considerable time.

[11] The ruins of a chapel of ease dedicated to the Prophet Elijah and the Holy Spirit are located in a sparse beech forest above the former village.

The church was struck by lightning before the Second World War and its roof burned.

A hiking sign with the name Parga for Kozice
Ruins of Prophet Elijah Church