Ždinja Vas (; sl, Ždinja vas, german: Seidendorf) is a settlement in the hills north of
Novo Mesto
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in southeastern
Slovenia
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola and is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Name
Ždinja Vas was attested in historical sources as ''Sigilsdorff'' and ''Sitingisdorff'' in 1145, ''Sittichendorff'' in 1250, ''Sydingendorf'' in 1252, and ''Sidigendorff'' in 1321, among other spellings.
Based on the medieval transcriptions, the name may be derived from *''Židihnja vas'' 'Jewish village'.
Church
The local
church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* Chris ...
, built on the southern outskirts of the village, is dedicated to
Saint James Saint James or St. James may refer to:
People Saints
*James, brother of Jesus (died 62 or 69), also known as James the Just
*James the Great (died 44), Apostle, also known as James, son of Zebedee, or Saint James the Greater
**Saint James Matamoro ...
and belongs to the Parish of
Šentpeter, Otočec. It was a medieval building that was extensively restyled in the
Baroque
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style in the mid-17th century.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2478
References
External links
Ždinja Vas on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Novo Mesto
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