Gorenja Vas pri Polici explained

Official Name:Gorenja Vas pri Polici
Other Name:Gorenja Vas (until 1953)
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:right
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:Central Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Grosuplje
Area Total Km2:1.76
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:56
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.999°N 14.6944°W
Elevation M:502.4
Footnotes:[1]

Gorenja Vas pri Polici (in Slovenian pronounced as /ɡɔˈɾeːnja ˈʋaːs pɾi pɔˈliːtsi/; Slovenian: Gorenja vas pri Polici, German: Oberdorf[2]) is a small settlement in the hills north of Polica in the Municipality of Grosuplje in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Gorenja vas to Gorenja vas pri Polici in 1953.[4] In the past the German name was Oberdorf.[2]

Cultural heritage

A small chapel-shrine in the village is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and was built in 1911.[5]

External links

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. 6: Kranjsko . 1906 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 102.
  3. http://www.grosuplje.si Grosuplje municipal site
  4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. Web site: EŠD 26222 . sl . Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage . Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia . 30 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120507054136/http://giskd2s.situla.org/rkd/Opis.asp?ESD=26222&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 . 7 May 2012 .