Rampoha (; in older sources also Drampah,Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 36. ,Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4. Gottscheerish: DranponkPetschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.) is a remote abandoned settlement in the Municipality of Dolenjske Toplice in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.Dolenjske Toplice municipal site Its territory is now part of the village of Občice.
Name The Slovenian name Rampoha is derived from the German name Dranbank, which means 'grassy meadow'.Simonič, Ivan. 1935. "Kočevarji v luči krajevnih in ledinskih imen." Glasnik Muzejskega društva za Slovenijo 16: 61–81 and 106–123, p. 71. However, the German name may be a Slovene-German compound of Dran- (< Sln. traven 'grassy') + Bank, Bang 'forest meadow'; cf. Germ. GrasbankEbers, Johann. 1802. A New Hand-Dictionary of the German Language for Englishmen and of the English Language for the Germans, vol. 2. Halle: Renger, p. 674.Heinsius, Theodor. 1819. Volksthümliches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, vol. 2. Hannover: Hahn, p. 518. and RasenbankHeinsius, Theodor. 1820. Volksthümliches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, vol. 3. Hannover: Hahn, p. 1047. 'grassy ridge of ground'.
History Rampoha was a Gottschee German village founded after 1574 (when it does not yet appear in the land registry). A farmer named Pachinger is recorded as living in the settlement in 1750. In 1931 the village had four houses and a population of 27.Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, pp. 471. In 1933 the population was 15.Glonar, Joža. 1933. Poučni slovar, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Umetniška propaganda, p. 255. The village economy was largely based on carpentry and selling wood in Straža. The inhabitants were evicted in the fall of 1941. During the Rog Offensive in the summer of 1942, Italian forces burned the village and it was never rebuilt.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 527.
References
External links Rampoha on Geopedia Pre–World War II list of oeconyms and family names in Rampoha