Velika Vas pri Krškem

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Velika Vas pri Krškem
Velika vas pri Krškem
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Velika Vas pri Krškem
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°55′8.03″N15°27′30.81″E / 45.9188972°N 15.4585583°E / 45.9188972; 15.4585583 Coordinates: 45°55′8.03″N15°27′30.81″E / 45.9188972°N 15.4585583°E / 45.9188972; 15.4585583
Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Lower Sava
Municipality Krško
Area
 • Total 3.9 km2 (1.5 sq mi)
Elevation 159.3 m (522.6 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 267
[1]

Velika Vas pri Krškem (pronounced  [ˈʋeːlika ˈʋaːs pɾi ˈkəɾʃkɛm] ; Slovene : Velika vas pri Krškem, German : Großdorf [2] ) is a village southwest of Leskovec in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. It lies just north of the motorway from Ljubljana to Zagreb. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. [3]

Slovene language language spoken in Slovenia

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German language West Germanic language

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Village Small clustered human settlement smaller than a town

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Velika vas to Velika vas pri Krškem in 1971. [4] In the past the German name was Großdorf. [2]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Martin and belongs to the Parish of Leskovec pri Krškem. It is a medieval building that was greatly rebuilt in the 19th century. [5]

Church (building) building constructed for Christian worship

A church building or church house, often simply called a church, is a building used for Christian religious activities, particularly for Christian worship services. The term is often used by Christians to refer to the physical buildings where they worship, but it is sometimes used to refer to buildings of other religions. In traditional Christian architecture, the church is often arranged in the shape of a Christian cross. When viewed from plan view the longest part of a cross is represented by the aisle and the junction of the cross is located at the altar area.

Martin of Tours Christian saint

Saint Martin of Tours was the third bishop of Tours. He has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints in Western tradition.

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church. Historically, a parish often covered the same geographical area as a manor. Its association with the parish church remains paramount.

Other cultural heritage

Prehistoric and Roman graves have been found in the settlement. Remains of Roman buildings, a villa rustica, a milliarium from the time of Marcus Aurelius, imbrices and tegulae, tesserae, and hundreds of burials point to the proximity of the Roman town of Neviodunum. [6]

Human prehistory is the period between the use of the first stone tools c. 3.3 million years ago by hominins and the invention of writing systems. The earliest writing systems appeared c. 5,300 years ago, but it took thousands of years for writing to be widely adopted, and it was not used in some human cultures until the 19th century or even until the present. The end of prehistory therefore came at very different dates in different places, and the term is less often used in discussing societies where prehistory ended relatively recently.

Ancient Rome History of Rome from the 8th-century BC to the 5th-century

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Villa rustica Roman villa set in the open countryside, often as the hub of a large agricultural estate

Villa rustica was the term used by the ancient Romans to denote a villa set in the open countryside, often as the hub of a large agricultural estate (latifundium). The adjective rusticum was used to distinguish it from an urban or resort villa. The villa rustica would thus serve both as a residence of the landowner and his family and also as a farm management centre. It would often comprise separate buildings to accommodate farm labourers and sheds and barns for animals and crops. In modern British archaeology, a villa rustica is commonly referred to simply as a "Roman villa".

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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. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 78.
  3. ↑ Krško municipal site
  4. ↑ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  5. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 1961
  6. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 9815


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