Altlag

German: Altlag // Gottscheerish: Autloag // Slovenian: Stari Log

The village has a cistern and traditional village pond. Raven Spring, a karst spring southwest of the village, is accessible by 13 flights of steps and was once an important site for hunting frogs.

Altlag was a village settled by Gottschee GermansIn the land registry of 157 it had 14 half-farms, 11 tenant farmers and a population between 75 and 85. In 1770 the village had 67 houses. Before the Second World War it was the second-largest Gottschee German settlement after the town of Gottschee and the village had a band before the First World War. In 1941 most of its original population was evicted, with the exception of two Gottschee German families. In June 1942 the Executive Committee of the Liberation Front and the General Staff of the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Slovenia moved into the vicinity, making the village the center of the first Slovene territory liberated from Axis control. The village was not burned by Italian troops during the Rog Offensive because Italian troops planned to use it as a base. In March 1943 the Partisans burned the village to deny Italians forces the use of it. After the war, some of the houses were repaired and others completely rebuilt, and the village was settled by new arrivals, who joined the remaining two Gottschee German families. The Altlag volunteer fire department became a founding unit of the Gottschee municipal fire department on 28 August 1955.

 The local church, dedicated to Saint Margaret was mentioned in written documents dating to 1360. In 1511 it was damaged by an earthquake and was rebuilt and extended. It was fortified as a defense against Ottoman raids. In 1691 it burned down and was rebuilt in the Baroque style. It was burned by the Partisans in 1943 and was demolished in 1955.

The village cemetery stands southwest of the settlement and was established after 1824. It is surrounded by a stone wall and contains the graves of original Gottschee German settlers as well as Slovene and other residents that settled the area after the Second World War. The Gottschee German stones were renovated in 1997. A third group of graves includes 74 Partisan soldiers and hostages from the Altlag area that were killed in the Italian offensive of August 1942. This was set up in 1960 and renovated in 1997, and a hexagonal obelisk stands next to the grave site.