Stavča Vas Explained

Official Name:Stavča 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:Lower Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Žužemberk
Area Total Km2:2.39
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:106
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.8163°N 14.955°W
Elevation M:207.9
Footnotes:[1]

Stavča Vas (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈstaːu̯tʃa ˈʋaːs/; Slovenian: Stavča vas, German: Deutschdorf[2]) is a village on the right bank of the Krka River in the Municipality of Žužemberk in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3] The settlement includes the formerly independent village of Cegelnica (German: Ziegelstatt).[2]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Cantius (Slovenian: sveti Kancijan) and belongs to the Parish of Žužemberk. It is a medieval building that was restyled in the Baroque style in the 18th century, when a new belfry was also built.[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. 6: Kranjsko . 1906 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 172.
  3. http://www.zuzemberk.si/ Žužemberk municipal site
  4. Web site: EŠD 2732 . Slovenian . Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage . Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia . 19 April 2011.