Gorenja Vas pri Šmarjeti (; sl, Gorenja vas pri Šmarjeti, german: Oberdorf''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 82.) is a village immediately west of

Šmarjeta Šmarjeta (; german: Sankt Margarethen''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 82.) is a village in the Municipality of Šmarješke Toplice in ...

in the

Municipality of Šmarješke Toplice The Municipality of Šmarješke Toplice () is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šmarješke Toplice. The municipality is now included in the Southeast ...

in southeastern

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. 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 ...

. The municipality is now included in the

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. The settlement includes the hamlets of Mevce to the northwest, Podkrajec to the north, and Dolina, Hrib, and Ravnik to the west.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 493.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Gorenja vas'' (literally 'upper village') to ''Gorenja vas pri Šmarjeti'' (literally, 'upper village near

') in 1953.''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS. In the past the German name was ''Oberdorf''.

History

A manor farm belonging to Šuta Castle in Šmarjeta once stood in the village. It was subdivided and sold off by Ignac Bogataj in 1857. During the Second World War, the Partisans had an encampment in the hills west of the village.

References

External links

Gorenja Vas pri Šmarjeti on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šmarješke Toplice {{SmarjeskeToplice-geo-stub