Kukovo (pronounced [ˈkuːkɔʋɔ]; in older sources also Kuka vas,[1][2] German: Kukendorf,[3][4] Gottscheerish: Kukndoarf[5]) is a remote abandoned settlement in the Municipality of Dobrepolje in southern Slovenia.

[5] There are four caves southwest of the village on the slope of Black Peak (Slovene: Črni vrh),[9] known in Gottscheerish as Pichlöch, Löckakkhərlöch, Meschnalöch, and Frauengrotte; the last served as a place of refuge for women and children from the village during Ottoman attacks.

[9][10] At that time, the economy of the village was based on agriculture, selling firewood and railroad ties, and gathering berries.

[7]: 80  Kukovo was burned by Italian troops in the summer of 1942 during the Rog Offensive and was never restored.

In 1980 the Kočevje collective farm transferred to structure to a private individual in Struge, and in 1981 the building stones of the church were burned to produce quicklime.