Ebenthal

German: Ebenthal // Gottscheerish: Ebntol // Slovenian: Polom

According to the land registry of 1574, Ebenthal had only one and a half full-sized farms, divided into 2 three-eighths-farms and 3 quarter-farms, corresponding to between 40 and 45 residents. In 1770 there were 26 houses in the village. A part-time school was established in the village in 1858, and a regular school in 1859. Before the Second World War the village had 36 houses and a population of 148. During the Second World War the entire population of the village was evicted, with the exception of one family. There was a Partisan stronghold in the village during the war. Ebenthal was not burned during the war, but it came under aerial bombardment from Italian, German, and Allied forces. No classes were held in the village school between 1941 and 1948. After the war, settlers from various parts of Slovenia moved to the village. The Ebenthal volunteer fire department became a founding unit of the Kočevje municipal fire department on 28 August 1955.

The local church is dedicated to Saint Michael and dates to the 17th century.