Dolenja Vas
Dolenja Vas is located in Slovenia
Dolenja Vas
Dolenja Vas
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°17′24.28″N 14°16′48.52″E / 46.2900778°N 14.2801444°E / 46.2900778; 14.2801444
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionUpper Carniola
MunicipalityNaklo
Elevation
[1]
438 m (1,437 ft)

Dolenja Vas (pronounced [dɔˈleːnja ˈʋaːs]; Slovene: Dolenja vas, German: Unterbirkendorf[2]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Naklo in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is now part of the village of Podbrezje.[3] It was a large village on steeply eroded terraces south of the main settlement of Podbrezje.[1][3]

Name

Dolenja vas literally means 'lower village'. This name and names like it are common in Slovenia and other Slavic countries, and they indicate that the settlement lay at a lower elevation than nearby settlements.[4] In the past it was known as Unterbirkendorf in German.[2]

History

Dolenja Vas was annexed by the village of Podbrezje in 1953, ending its existence as a separate settlement.[5]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Dolenja Vas include:

  • Peter Pavlin (1853–1933), beekeeper[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 242.
  2. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54.
  3. 1 2 Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 165.
  4. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 116–117.
  5. ↑ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  6. ↑ Bokal, Ljudmila, ed. 2008. Čebelarski terminološki slovar. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU and Lukovica: Čebelarska zveza Slovenije, p. 256.
  7. ↑ "Peter Pavlin." 1933. Slovenski čebelar 36(5): 65–66 (in Slovene)


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