Škrilj (; Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 6.Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.) is a remote former settlement in the Municipality of Semič in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.Semič municipal site Its territory is now part of the village of Planina.
Name
The name Škrilj comes from the dialect word škril, corresponding to standard Slovene skril 'slate', referring to the local lithology. Similar place names with the same root include Škrilje, Skrilje, Škrljevo, and Škrlovica.
History Škrilj was a Gottschee German village. In 1931 the village had six houses. The original residents were expelled in the fall of 1941. Italian troops burned the village during the Rog Offensive in the summer of 1942 and it was not rebuilt after the war.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 60.
References
External links
Škrilj on Geopedia Pre–World War II list of oeconyms and family names in Škrilj