Vas, Kostel Explained

Official Name:Vas
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:top
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:Kostel
Area Total Km2:0.82
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:67
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.4725°N 14.8727°W
Elevation M:222.8
Postal Code:1336
Footnotes:[1]

Vas (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʋaːs/) is a small village on the left bank of the Kolpa River southwest of Fara in the Municipality of Kostel in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]

History

The Vas–Fara volunteer fire department became a founding unit of the Kočevje municipal fire department on 28 August 1955.[3]

Cultural heritage

There is a small chapel-shrine in the settlement dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It dates to the early 20th century.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.kostel.si Kostel municipal site
  3. http://www.gzkocevje.si/zgodovina-gzk Gasilska zveza Kočevja: Zgodovina
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage