Nemška Vas na Blokah (; german: Deutschdorf
) is a small
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
immediately north of
Nova Vas in the
Municipality of Bloke
The Municipality of Bloke (; sl, Občina Bloke) is a municipality in Slovenia. Originally a municipality in its own right, it was incorporated into the Municipality of Cerknica in 1955 and it was included in the Municipality of Loška Dolina in 1 ...
in the
Inner Carniola
Inner Carniola ( sl, Notranjska; german: Innerkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the southwestern part of the larger Carniola region. It comprises the Hrušica karst plateau up to Postojna Gate, bordering the Slovenian Littoral (the ...
region of
Slovenia
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.
Name
Nemška Vas na Blokah was attested in historical sources as ''Theutstendorf'' in 1377 and ''Dewͤczendorff'' in 1427, among other spellings. The name of the settlement was changed from ''Nemška vas'' to ''Nemška vas na Blokah'' in 1953. 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.
References
External links
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Nemška Vas na Blokah on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Bloke
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