Vršna Vas Explained

Official Name:Vršna Vas
Other Name:Sveta Magdalena pri Zibikih (until 1955)
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:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Savinja
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Šmarje pri Jelšah
Area Total Km2:1.37
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:120
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.193°N 15.5338°W
Elevation M:277.2
Footnotes:[1]

Vršna Vas (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʋəɾʃna ˈʋaːs/; Slovenian: Vršna vas) is a dispersed settlement in the hills south of Šmarje pri Jelšah in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of Styria and is included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[2] It is a scattered village on a ridge and slope on either side of Zibika Creek (Slovenian: Zibiški potok). It includes the hamlets of Planinca and Sveta Magdalena.[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Sveta Magdalena pri Zibikih (literally, 'Saint Mary Magdalene near Zibika') to Vršna vas (literally, 'peak village') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.[4] [5] [6] Before Vršna vas became the name of the entire settlement, the name used to refer to one of the hamlets in the settlement.[3]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Vršna Vas include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.smarje-pri-jelsah.si/ Šmarje pri Jelšah municipal site
  3. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1976. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 401.
  4. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
  6. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.