" Until the Gottscheers had all left their homeland following World War Two, these French graves were marks of pride for the Gottscheers. It was custom for someone to throw a stone onto a mound when he passed. In 1813, the War of the Sixth Coalition broke out and Austria invaded the Illyrian Provinces, liberating the Gottscheers from French rule and ending the "Franzosenzeit" (time of the French) in Gottschee. The Gottscheers would enjoy being under Austrian rule for the next 105 years until the end of the First World War.