Stari Kot (pronounced [ˈstaːɾi ˈkoːt]; in older sources also Stari Vinkelj,[2] German: Altwinkel,[3][4] Gottschee German: Autbinkl[4]) is a village in the Municipality of Loški Potok in southern Slovenia, next to the border with Croatia.

[7] The designation 'old' (Stari, Alt-) distinguishes the settlement from Novi Kot (German: Neuwinkel) (literally, 'new closed valley.').

During the Second World War, on 19 April 1942 the men of the village joined the Partisans en masse.

On 29 July 1942 Italian forces burned the entire village and removed the population to concentration camps.

The prewar/postwar number of houses in the village's hamlets were Binkl (11/6), Kurja Vas (4/2), Pri Ambrožiču (3/2), Hrib (2/1), and Preska (2/1).