Dolenja Vas, Ribnica

Dolenja Vas
Dolenja Vas

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°42′24.34″N 14°45′11.77″E / 45.7067611°N 14.7532694°E / 45.7067611; 14.7532694Coordinates: 45°42′24.34″N 14°45′11.77″E / 45.7067611°N 14.7532694°E / 45.7067611; 14.7532694
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Southeast Slovenia
Municipality Ribnica
Area
  Total 12.24 km2 (4.73 sq mi)
Elevation 496.4 m (1,628.6 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 794
[1]

Dolenja Vas (pronounced [dɔˈleːnja ˈʋaːs]; Slovene: Dolenja vas, German: Niederdorf[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

The local parish church, built on a slight elevation in the western part of the settlement, is dedicated to Saint Roch (Slovene: sveti Rok) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It was built in 1818.[4] A chapel dedicated to Saint Margaret, outside the settlement to the east, is the converted surviving sanctuary of a larger 16th-century church, belonging to the same parish.[5]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 48.
  3. Ribnica municipal site
  4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 1784
  5. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2748

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