Bojanja Vas (; sl, Bojanja vas, german: Bojansdorf''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 12.) is a

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in the Municipality of Metlika in the

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area of southeastern

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, next to the border with

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. The entire area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.

Geography

Bojanja Vas is a clustered village on a slope on heavily karstified terrain. There are small fields on poor-quality soil to the south, vineyards to the east and south, and woods to the north and west. A water main was connected from the Jamnik Ridge northeast of the village in 1965, with the main water reservoir located west of the village, near Glavica Hill (493 m). Nearby caves include Kip Cave ( sl, Kipova jama), Šulnovka Cave, Kadiš Cave (), Role Cave, and Tončik Cave (). The Pečenjevka Chasm is located northeast of the village, where there is a 50 m waterfall from Jamnik Creek during heavy rains.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 447–448.

Name

Bojanja Vas was attested in written sources as ''Woyansdorff'' in 1423 and ''Wansdorf'' in 1498, among other spellings. The name ''Bojanja vas'' is derived from the Slavic

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''Bojanъ'', from the personal name ''Bojeslavъ'' (literally, 'he who is renowned for fighting'). The settlement name literally means 'Bojanъ's village'. Locally, the village is known as ''Bojanci''.

History

In the past, a market was held next to the village church, from which a judge in Metlika collected fees. In 1492 the market was moved to Metlika due to the danger of Ottoman attacks. In 1756 there were six farms in the village belonging to the Dominion of Krupa. A community cellar is preserved from 1873. During the Second World War, Italian forces burned all but four of the houses in the village on 7 August 1942. After the

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forces concentrated in the village. In 1944 and 1945, a Partisan checkpoint for the Žumberak field hospitals was active in Bojanja Vas.

Mass grave

Bojanja Vas is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Šulnovka Mass Grave ( sl, Grobišče Šulnovka) is located in a shaft in the woods 500 m east of the village. It contains the remains of unidentified civilians.

Church

The local

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is dedicated to Saint Margaret and belongs to the

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Radovica Radovica (; german: Radowitza)''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 12. is a village in the Municipality of Metlika in the White Carniola a ...

. It was built in the 18th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2203 It is a simple structure with a rectangular nave. The interior of the church and the altar furnishings are in the Baroque style.

References

External links

Bojanja Vas on Geopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bojanja Vas Populated places in the Municipality of Metlika