Arja Vas

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Arja Vas
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Arja Vas
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°15′20.27″N15°11′35.56″E / 46.2556306°N 15.1932111°E / 46.2556306; 15.1932111 Coordinates: 46°15′20.27″N15°11′35.56″E / 46.2556306°N 15.1932111°E / 46.2556306; 15.1932111
Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Savinja
Municipality Žalec
Area
 • Total 6.43 km2 (2.48 sq mi)
Elevation 250.3 m (821.2 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 523
[1]

Arja Vas (pronounced  [ˈaɾːja ˈʋaːs] ; Slovene : Arja vas, German : Arndorf [2] ) is a roadside settlement in the Municipality of Žalec in east-central Slovenia. The A1 motorway crosses the territory of the settlement north of the village. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. [3]

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Name

Arja Vas was attested in written sources in 1368 as Bernstorf (and as Wernstorf in 1428, Bernsdorff in 1441, and Wernsdorff in 1454). [4] In the 19th century the German name was Arndorf, [2] and in the local dialect the settlement is known as Vrja ves. Based on the local name and the medieval transcriptions, the name is based on an adjective form of the personal name *Var or *Varo, thus originally meaning 'Var(o)'s village'. The initial Slovene V- and German W- was lost because it was reanalyzed as the Slovene preposition v 'in'. [4]

Shrine

The village chapel-shrine dates to the early 20th century and was renovated in 2008. [5]

Wayside shrine religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway

A wayside shrine is a religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway, sometimes in a settlement or at a crossroads, but often in the middle of an empty stretch of country road, or at the top of a hill or mountain. They have been a feature of many cultures, including Catholic and Orthodox Europe and Shinto Japan.

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References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.
  3. ↑ Žalec municipal site
  4. 1 2 Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 47.
  5. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 23371


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