Nemška Vas (; sl, Nemška vas, german: Deutschdorf
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 48.]) is a
village
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in the
Municipality of Ribnica in southern
Slovenia
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. It lies south of the town of Ribnica on the main road to
Dolenja Vas. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola and is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Name
Both the Slovene and German names of the village mean 'German village', referring to a settlement of ethnic Germans in what was otherwise Slovene ethnic territory.
Church
The local
church
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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
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, built east of the village, is dedicated to
Saint Leonard
Leonard of Noblac (also Leonard of Limoges or Leonard of Noblet; also known as Lienard, Linhart, Leonhard, Léonard, Leonardo, Annard; died 559), is a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, in Haut ...
and belongs to the
Parish
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of Ribnica. It was built in 1843 on the site of a 14th-century church.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2222
References
External links
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Nemška Vas on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Ribnica
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