Official Name: | Vače |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Coordinates: | 46.1196°N 14.838°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name1: | Upper Carniola |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Sava |
Subdivision Name3: | Litija |
Area Total Km2: | 1.75 |
Elevation M: | 521.3 |
Population Total: | 312 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Postal Code: | 1252 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Vače (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʋaːtʃɛ/; German: Waatsch[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Litija in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Sava Statistical Region.[3]
The settlement is best known for the Hallstatt-period Vače situla (Slovenian: situla z Vač, vaška situla), an archaeological treasure of Slovenia, which was discovered in neighboring Klenik in 1882. It is a bronze vessel with a triple figurative frieze. Another important find was the Vače belt-plate (Slovenian: pasna spona z Vač), also discovered in Klenik.
The local parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It was built in 1844 on the site of an earlier building that was destroyed by fire.[4]