Nova Vas pri Mokricah explained

Official Name:Nova Vas pri Mokricah
Other Name:Nova Vas pri Bregani (until 1993)
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:Brežice
Area Total Km2:0.4
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:211
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.8473°N 15.6805°W
Elevation M:169.5
Footnotes:[1]

Nova Vas pri Mokricah (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈnoːʋa ˈʋaːs pɾi mɔˈkɾiːtsax/; Slovenian: Nova vas pri Mokricah, German: Neudorf[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia.[3] The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. During the Second World War, when it was known as Nova vas pri Bregani, it was one of five Slovene settlements annexed by the Independent State of Croatia.[4] It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Nova vas pri Bregani to Nova vas pri Mokricah in 1993.[5] [6] In the past the German name was Neudorf.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 68.
  3. http://www.brezice.si/ Brežice municipal site
  4. http://cm.dnevnik.si/tiskane_izdaje/dnevnik/121558 Dnevnik 16 April 2005
  5. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  6. Odlok o preimenovanju naselja Bregansko selo v Slovenska vas in naselja Nova vas pri Bregani v Nova vas pri Mokricah . Uradni list Republike Slovenije . 29 January 1993 . 6 . 230 . 15 February 2020.