The Slovene name Seč and the German name Gehag, Gehack are semantically identical, referring to cleared land.[5] The Slovene common noun seč means 'logged land, lumbering'[6] as does the German common noun and microtoponym Gehack.[7][8]
History
Seč was a village inhabited by Gottschee Germans. It was founded relatively late because it was not listed in the Gottschee land registry of 1574 or in the 1770 census.[3] In 1931 it had seven houses and a population of 33.[9][10] Before the Second World War the economy of the village was based on farming and selling wood, and the villagers also owned some vineyards.[10] The residents were evicted in 1941 and the village was burned by Italian troops in 1942.[9]
References
^Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
^Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 36.
^ abPetschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.
