Altlagbüchel


German: Altlagbüchel // Gottscheerish: Autlogpichl // Slovenian: Starološki Grič

The land registries of 1574 and 1770 indicate that Altlagbüchel consisted of one hide and four houses, with a population of six landowners and 12 to 15 residents altogether. In 1817 the village still had four houses and its population was 26. The village was abandoned by the end of the 19th century due to emigration to the United States. It was sold off to the Auersperg noble family in the 1890s to provide housing for their forestry workers. The abandoned village burned before the First World War.

 The entire former village site is registered as cultural heritage, including ruins of buildings, a well, outlines of overgrown fields, and the remains of a linden-tree avenue. The ruins of the village's 16th-century Saint Ulrich's Chapel are also registered as cultural heritage. This was a single-nave building with a narrow single-bay octagonal chancel (the space around the alter) walled on five sides. The remnants of a carved travertine arch and a narrow window in the chancel show that the chapel was built in the Gothic style.

 

Village Map & List of Names

HOUSE #HOUSE NAMEFAMILY NAME
1AnderschMatthias Stalzer November 10, 1799
2MertschMatthias HirisFebruary 3, 1820
3PetrschAndreas HirisSeptember 26, 1810
4KhrümarschJohann HirisSeptember 3, 1809