Črni Potok pri Kočevju (; Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 34.Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.) is a settlement southeast of the town of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.Municipality of Kočevje website
Name The name of the settlement was changed from Črni Potok to Črni Potok pri Kočevju in 1953.Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS. In the past the German name was Schwarzenbach.
History The Črni Potok volunteer fire department became a founding unit of the Kočevje municipal fire department on 28 August 1955.Gasilska zveza Kočevja: Zgodovina
Church The local church is dedicated to the Magi and belongs to the Parish of Kočevje. Fragments of late 15th-century frescos are preserved on its interior walls. Its main altar dates to the early 17th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 1595
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Črni Potok pri Kočevju on Geopedia Pre–World War II map of Črni Potok pri Kočevju with house names and family names