Dolenja Vas, Ribnica

Dolenja Vas
Dolenja Vas is located in Slovenia
Dolenja Vas
Dolenja Vas
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°42′24.34″N 14°45′11.77″E / 45.7067611°N 14.7532694°E / 45.7067611; 14.7532694
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionSoutheast Slovenia
MunicipalityRibnica
Area
 • Total
12.24 km2 (4.73 sq mi)
Elevation
496.4 m (1,628.6 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
794
[1]

Dolenja Vas (pronounced [dɔˈleːnja ˈʋaːs]; Slovene: Dolenja vas, German: Niederdorf[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]

Church

Saint Roch's Church

The local parish church, built on a slight elevation in the western part of the settlement, is dedicated to Saint Roch (Slovene: sveti Rok) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It was built in 1818.[4] A chapel dedicated to Saint Margaret, outside the settlement to the east, is the converted surviving sanctuary of a larger 16th-century church, belonging to the same parish.[5]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 48.
  3. ^ Ribnica municipal site
  4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 1784
  5. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2748


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