Gorenja Vas pri Šmarjeti

Gorenja Vas pri Šmarjeti
Gorenja Vas pri Šmarjeti Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°53′14.49″N 15°14′24.11″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Southeast Slovenia
Municipality	Šmarješke Toplice
Area
• Total	1.34 km^2 (0.52 sq mi)
Elevation	204.9 m (672.2 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	197
[1]

Gorenja Vas pri Šmarjeti (pronounced [ɡɔˈɾeːnja ˈʋaːs pɾi ʃmaˈɾjeːti]; Slovene: Gorenja vas pri Šmarjeti, German: Oberdorf[2]) is a village immediately west of Šmarjeta in the Municipality of Šmarješke Toplice in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3] The settlement includes the hamlets of Mevce to the northwest, Podkrajec to the north, and Dolina, Hrib, and Ravnik to the west.[4]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Gorenja vas (literally 'upper village') to Gorenja vas pri Šmarjeti (literally, 'upper village near Šmarjeta') in 1953.[5] In the past the German name was Oberdorf.[2]

History

A manor farm belonging to Šuta Castle in Šmarjeta once stood in the village. It was subdivided and sold off by Ignac Bogataj in 1857. During the Second World War, the Partisans had an encampment in the hills west of the village.[4]

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. 82.
3. Šmarješke Toplice municipal site
4. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 493.
5. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.

External links

• Gorenja Vas pri Šmarjeti on Geopedia