Mavrlen (; in older sources also Maverl,Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 4. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.) is a settlement in the hills west of Črnomelj in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.Črnomelj municipal site
History In the 16th century the village was settled by Gottschee Germans, who remained in the settlement until 1941.Gottschee site
During the Second World War, on 19 July 1942, the Partisan White Carniola Detachment took 61 Roma from Kanižarica. They were marched to Mavrlen, which had recently been emptied of its Gottschee German residents, held prisoner there for two days, and then murdered and buried in the Zagradec Mass Grave () southeast of the abandoned settlement of Gradec, now part of the settlement of Rožič Vrh."Genocid nad Cigani na Blokah in v Iški." 2010. Zaveza 43 (25 February). Polič, Radko. 1975. Belokranjski odred. Ljubljana: Partizanska knjiga, p. 238. Altogether, around 200 Romani people of Slovenia were killed during the Second World War.Delo.si - Za dostojen pokop pobitih Romov
In September 2017, a 71-year-old woman was mauled to death by three pit bulls in Mavrlen.
References
External links Mavrlen on Geopedia Pre–World War II map of Mavrlen with house names and family names