Official Name: | Gorenja Vas pri Leskovcu |
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: | Lower Carniola |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Lower Sava |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Krško |
Area Total Km2: | 0.76 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 136 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.9228°N 15.4587°W |
Elevation M: | 162.5 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Gorenja Vas pri Leskovcu (in Slovenian pronounced as /ɡɔˈɾeːnja ˈʋaːs pɾi lɛˈskoːu̯tsu/; Slovenian: Gorenja vas pri Leskovcu, German: Oberdorf[2]) is a village southwest of Leskovec in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3]
Gorenja Vas pri Leskovcu was attested in historical sources as Oberndorf in 1445.[4]
A number of Roman graves have been found in the area, indicating the western extent of the nearby Neviodunum necropolis.[5]