| Official Name: | Bukovska Vas |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Carinthia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Carinthia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Dravograd |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.32 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 355 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.549°N 15.05°W |
| Elevation M: | 363 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Bukovska Vas (in Slovenian pronounced as /buˈkoːu̯ska ˈʋaːs/; Slovenian: Bukovska vas, German: Buchdorf[2] [3]) is a settlement on the left bank of the Mislinja River in the Municipality of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia.[4] It includes the hamlet of Sveta Jedrt (or Sveta Jedert).[5]
Bukovska Vas was first mentioned in written sources in 1168 as Půchdorf.[5] [6] [7] [8] The name is interpreted locally as referring to former forests of beech trees (Slovenian: bukev) or to large farms where unschooled writers lived (Slovenian: bukovniki).[5]
In the 12th century, Bukovska Vas was a possession of St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavant Valley.[9] In the 16th century, the settlement belonged to Püchenstein Castle (Slovenian: Puhštanj, Puhenštanj, Pukštanj) and it had 15 farms and a mill along the Mislinja River.[6]
Bukovska Vas is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The House No. 35 Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče pri hiši 35) is located in the woods south of the village. It contains the remains of a number of Croatians murdered in the second half of May 1945.[10] [11]
The church in Bukovska Vas is dedicated to Saint Gertrude (Slovenian: sveta Jedrt). It was first mentioned in written sources in 1278. It is furnished in the Baroque style and has a late Romanesque rectangular rib-vaulted chancel. A Gothic sculpture of Saint Gertrude dates to circa 1440, and a sculpture of the Lamb of God in a side niche to circa 1300.[5]