| Dobriška Vas | |
|---|---|
  Dobriška Vas Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°21′48.85″N15°27′18.94″E / 46.3635694°N 15.4552611°E Coordinates: 46°21′48.85″N15°27′18.94″E / 46.3635694°N 15.4552611°E | |
| Country |  |
| Traditional region | Styria |
| Statistical region | Drava |
| Municipality | Oplotnica |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.05 km2 (0.41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 312.9 m (1,026.6 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 64 |
| [1] | |
Dobriška Vas (pronounced [dɔˈbɾiːʃka ˈʋaːs] ; Slovene : Dobriška vas) is a small village south of Oplotnica in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The Municipality of Oplotnica is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. [2]
Slovene or Slovenian belongs to the group of South Slavic languages. It is spoken by approximately 2.5 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. It is the first language of about 2.1 million Slovenian people and is one of the 24 official and working languages of the European Union.
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.
Oplotnica is a small town and municipality in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the Oplotniščica River, a left tributary of the Dravinja River, to the north of Slovenske Konjice. The area was part of the traditional region of Styria and formerly part of Austria-Hungary. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.
A small Neo-gothic roadside chapel in the western part of the settlement dates to the first quarter of the 20th century. [3]
Gothic Revival is an architectural movement popular in the Western World that began in the late 1740s in England. Its popularity grew rapidly in the early 19th century, when increasingly serious and learned admirers of neo-Gothic styles sought to revive medieval Gothic architecture, in contrast to the neoclassical styles prevalent at the time. Gothic Revival draws features from the original Gothic style, including decorative patterns, finials, lancet windows, hood moulds and label stops.
The term chapel usually refers to a Christian place of prayer and worship that is attached to a larger, often nonreligious institution or that is considered an extension of a primary religious institution. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a college, hospital, palace, prison, funeral home, church, synagogue or mosque, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building, sometimes with its own grounds. Chapel has also referred to independent or nonconformist places of worship in Great Britain—outside the established church.
