Official Name: | Velika Vas pri Krškem |
Other Name: | Velika Vas (until 1971) |
Native Name: | Velika vas pri Krškem |
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: | Krško |
Area Total Km2: | 3.9 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 267 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 45.9189°N 15.4586°W |
Elevation M: | 159.3 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Velika Vas pri Krškem (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʋeːlika ˈʋaːs pɾi ˈkəɾʃkɛm/; Slovenian: Velika vas pri Krškem, German: Großdorf[2]) is a village southwest of Leskovec in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. It lies just north of the motorway from Ljubljana to Zagreb. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.[3]
The name of the settlement was changed from Velika vas to Velika vas pri Krškem in 1971.[4] In the past the German name was Großdorf.[2]
The local church is dedicated to Saint Martin and belongs to the Parish of Leskovec pri Krškem. It is a medieval building that was greatly rebuilt in the 19th century.[5]
Prehistoric and Roman graves have been found in the settlement. Remains of Roman buildings, a villa rustica, a milliarium from the time of Marcus Aurelius, imbrices and tegulae, tesserae, and hundreds of burials point to the proximity of the Roman town of Neviodunum.[6]