Dolenja Vas pri Polici

Dolenja Vas pri Polici
Dolenja Vas (until 1953)
Dolenja Vas pri Polici is located in Slovenia
Dolenja Vas pri Polici
Dolenja Vas pri Polici
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°59′44.94″N 14°41′44.56″E / 45.9958167°N 14.6957111°E / 45.9958167; 14.6957111
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityGrosuplje
Area
 • Total
1.06 km2 (0.41 sq mi)
Elevation
453.4 m (1,487.5 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
69
[1]

Dolenja Vas pri Polici (pronounced [dɔˈleːnja ˈʋaːs pɾi pɔˈliːtsi]; Slovene: Dolenja vas pri Polici, German: Niederdorf[2]) is a small settlement north of Polica in the Municipality of Grosuplje in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Dolenja vas to Dolenja vas pri Polici in 1953.[4] In the past the German name was Niederdorf.[2]

Cultural heritage

A small roadside chapel-shrine south of the village dates to 1875.[5]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 102.
  3. ^ Grosuplje municipal site
  4. ^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. ^ "EŠD 26217". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
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