Slovenska Vas, Pivka

Slovenska Vas Slovenska vas Nemška Vas (until 1955)
Slovenska Vas Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°42′6.49″N 14°12′45.06″E / 45.7018028°N 14.2125167°ECoordinates: 45°42′6.49″N 14°12′45.06″E / 45.7018028°N 14.2125167°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Inner Carniola
Statistical region	Littoral–Inner Carniola
Municipality	Pivka
Area
• Total	4.39 km^2 (1.69 sq mi)
Elevation	566.2 m (1,857.6 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	46
[1]

Slovenska Vas (Slovene: Slovenska vas) is a small village northeast of Pivka in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.^[2] Traditional agricultural activity of the village is linked to growing potatoes and oats and raising cattle, as well as some orchard and beekeeping activity.^[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Nemška vas (literally, 'German village') to Slovenska vas (literally, 'Slovene village') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia’s postwar communist government to remove German elements from toponyms.^[4][5] According to Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, the original name of the village is a reference to German and Carniolan refugees that fled here after an attack by the Venetians.

Church

The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Andrew and belongs to the Parish of Pivka.^[6]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Pivka municipal site
3. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 265
4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
5. Urbanc, Mimi & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
6. Koper Diocese list of churches

External links

• Media related to Slovenska Vas, Pivka at Wikimedia Commons
• Slovenska Vas on Geopedia