Dolenja Vas pri Temenici (; sl, Dolenja vas pri Temenici, german: Niederdorf
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 102.]) is a small settlement on the right bank of the
Temenica
The Temenica is a river in Slovenia. It is one of the most typical influent streams of Slovenia's karst terrain.
Name
The name ''Temenica'' comes from the archaic common noun *''temenica'' 'spring' (cf. Polish dialect ''ciemienica'' 'spring', ...
River in the
Municipality of Ivančna Gorica
The Municipality of Ivančna Gorica (; sl, Občina Ivančna Gorica) is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Ivančna Gorica. Ivančna Gorica became a municipa ...
in central
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. The area is part of the historical region of
Lower Carniola
Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region.
Geography
Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the n ...
and is included in the
Central Slovenia Statistical Region
The Central Slovenia Statistical Region ( sl, Osrednjeslovenska statistična regija) is a statistical region in central Slovenia.
Geography
This is the second-largest region in terms of territory. It has a total area of 2,555 km², with a ...
.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Dolenja vas'' to ''Dolenja vas pri Temenici'' in 1953.
[''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.] In the past the German name was ''Niederdorf''.
References
External links
Dolenja Vas pri Temenici on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica
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