Gatschen

German: Gatschen // Gottscheerish: Gatschn // Slovenian: Gače

The settlement was not mentioned in the land registries of 1574 or 1770, but it does appear in the Tschermoschnitz land registry of 1754. The settlement had four houses with 18 residents in 1880, and reached its peak population in 1890 (20 people). After this, the population declined to seven in 1900, and only one in 1910. Gatschen was abandoned before the First World War. The ruins of the village mayor's house were partially restored in 1995. It has been used for skiing since before the Second World War and that still continues today.

A monument to the settlement of the Gottschee Germans stands in a meadow at the former site of the village of Gatschen. It is a stone pillar with a dedication to the former village that was erected in 1930 in commemoration of the 600th anniversary of Gottschee German settlement. It was restored in 1992.

A monument to the settlement of the Gottschee Germans on Pogorelec Hill stands in the forest southwest of the former Gottschee German village of Stalldorf and south of Gatschen. It is a stone pillar that was erected in 1930 in commemoration of the 600th anniversary of Gottschee German settlement.