Rigelj (; also Rigelj na Rogu, Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.) is a remote abandoned settlement in the Municipality 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.Kočevje municipal site Its territory is now part of the village of Stari Breg.
History Rigelj was a Gottschee German village. Before the Second World War the settlement had eight houses. Italian troops burned the area in the summer of 1942 during the Rog Offensive and the settlement was not rebuilt.
References
External links Rigelj on Geopedia Pre–World War II list of oeconyms and family names in Rigelj