Twin municipalities
Twin municipalities
Town-twinning means that towns exchange experiences and examples of good practice, help each other, collaborate in culture, tourism, business and sport, implement activities for the younger and older populations, etc. The twinning of towns and municipalities also encourages mutual respect, tolerance and dialogue between cultures. The most intense period of town-twinning started after the WWII.
The first twin municipality of the Municipality of Kočevje was Dolina pri Trstu. To strengthen, develop and spread the friendship, the Municipality of Kočevje participated in the Friendship games, which are organised every two years, each year by a different twin municipality. The Municipality of Kočevje first organised them in 1999, then in 2011 and in 2017. We also successfully realised two European projects in collaboration with our twin municipalities: Local Responses to EU challenges, and Message of historically important citizens for EU future.
OER-ERKENSCHWICK
Country: Germany
Twin municipality with the Municipality of Kočevje since 8 June 2003.
More: www.oer-erkenschwick.de
DOLINA PRI TRSTU - COMUNE DI SAN DORLINGO DELLA VALLE
Country: Italy
Friendship agreement signed on 2 October 1971.
Twinning agreement signed on 9 October 2005.
More: www.comune.san-dorligo-della-valle.ts.it
HALLUIN
Country: France
Twin municipality with the Municipality of Kočevje since 20 January 2001.
More: www.halluin.fr
RAB
Country: Croatia
Twin municipality with the Municipality of Kočevje since 3 October 1985.
More: www.rab.hr
ŠPITAL OB DRAVI - SPITTAL AN DER DRAU
Country: Austria
Friendship agreement signed on 3 October 2014.
Twinning agreement signed on 29 November 2019.
More: www.spittal-drau.at
PROKUPLJE
Country: Serbia
Twin town with the Kočevje mesto local community since 1975.
Twin municipality with the Municipality of Kočevje since 3 October 2016.
More: www.prokuplje.org.rs
LÜBBENAU/SPREEWALD
Country: Germany
Twin municipality with the Municipality of Kočevje since 3 October 2018.
