Čača Vas Explained

Official Name:Čača Vas
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Savinja
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Rogaška Slatina
Area Total Km2:4.15
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:169
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.2619°N 15.6059°W
Elevation M:310.8
Footnotes:[1]

Čača Vas (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈtʃaːtʃa ˈʋaːs/; Slovenian: Čača vas, in older sources Čača Ves,[2] German: Tschatschendorf[2]) is a settlement at the foothills of Mount Boč in the Municipality of Rogaška Slatina in eastern Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional Styria region and is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[3]

The local church, built north of the settlement on the slopes of Mount Boč, is dedicated to Saint Margaret and belongs to the Parish of Kostrivnica. Its nave is Late Gothic and dates to 1545. The sanctuary and the belfry are from the 17th century.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko . 1904 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 246.
  3. http://www.rogaska-slatina.si Rogaška Slatina municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage