Vače Explained

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]

Archaeological finds

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.

Church

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]

Notable people from Vače

External links

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. 96.
  3. http://www.litija.si/ Litija municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage