Mali Rigelj

[4][5]: 253  The village economy at that time was based on work at the local kiln, where cement roof tiles and pipes were produced, and day labor.

Agriculture was insufficient to support the population, but they made some money selling apples and wine.

[5]: 119–120  During the Second World War, the Partisan Levstik Assault Battalion was formed in front of house no.

After the war, people arrived from elsewhere to live in the village and mostly commuted to work in Dolenjske Toplice.

[10] It has a polygonal chancel walled on three sides with a groin-vaulted ceiling supported by large consoles, and a surbased spherical vault over the nave.