Zadnja Vas

Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia

Zadnja Vas Sveta Lucija (until 1955)

46°21′45.04″N 14°14′24.29″E / 46.3625111°N 14.2400806°E / 46.3625111; 14.2400806
Country	Slovenia
Region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Upper Carniola
Municipality	Radovljica
Elevation	623.8 m (2,046.6 ft)
Population (2023)^[1]
• Total	30

Zadnja Vas (pronounced [ˈzaːdnja ˈʋaːs]; Slovene: Zadnja vas) is a small village in the Municipality of Radovljica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

Zadnja Vas was attested in historical sources as Oberdorf in 1436.^[2] The later Slovene name of the settlement was changed from Sveta Lucija (literally, 'Saint Lucy') to Zadnja vas (literally, 'upper/last village') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.^[3]^[4]^[5] Both the medieval German name Oberdorf (literally 'upper village') and the 1955 name are based on analogy with the name of nearby Srednja Vas (literally, 'middle village').

Church

The village church is dedicated to Saint Lucy and was first mentioned in documents dating to 1464, but was extensively rebuilt in the 17th century, when a decorative architrave made of local volcanic green tuff was also added.^[6] The church was formerly dedicated to Saint Judoc.^[2]

Gallery

Zadnja Vas

References

^ "Naselje Zadnja vas". Krajevna imena. Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Kosi, Miha; Bizjak, Matjaž; Seručnik, Miha; Šilc, Jurij (2016). Historična topografija Kranjske (do 1500). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC. p. 1227.
^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
^ Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
^ Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
^ Radovljica municipal site