Zadnja Vas Explained

Official Name:Zadnja Vas
Other Name:Sveta Lucija (until 1955)
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Radovljica
Population As Of:2023
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:30
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.3625°N 14.2401°W
Elevation M:623.8

Zadnja Vas (pronounced as /sl/; Slovenian: Zadnja vas) is a small village in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

Zadnja Vas was attested in historical sources as Oberdorf in 1436.[2] The later Slovene name of the settlement was changed from Sveta Lucija (literally, 'Saint Lucy') to Zadnja vas (literally, 'upper/last 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.[3] [4] [5] Both the medieval German name Oberdorf (literally 'upper village') and the 1955 name are based on analogy with the name of nearby Srednja Vas (literally, 'middle village').

Church

The village church is dedicated to Saint Lucy and was first mentioned in documents dating to 1464, but was extensively rebuilt in the 17th century, when a decorative architrave made of local volcanic green tuff was also added.[6] The church was formerly dedicated to Saint Judoc.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Naselje Zadnja vas . Krajevna imena . Statistični urad Republike Slovenije . May 12, 2024.
  2. Book: Kosi . Miha . Bizjak . Matjaž . Seručnik . Miha . Šilc . Jurij . Historična topografija Kranjske (do 1500) . 2016 . Založba ZRC . Ljubljana . 1227.
  3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  4. 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.
  5. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
  6. http://www.radovljica.si/dokument.aspx?id=1600 Radovljica municipal site