Vavpča Vas pri Dobrniču (; sl, Vavpča vas pri Dobrniču) is a settlement in the

Municipality of Trebnje A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in eastern Slovenia. It lies in a small valley north of

Dobrnič Dobrnič () is a village in the Municipality of Trebnje in eastern Slovenia. It lies on the regional road from Trebnje to Žužemberk and is the largest settlement in the Dobrnič Basin. The area is part of the historical Lower Carniola region. ...

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

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Vavpča vas'' to ''Vavpča vas pri Dobrniču'' (literally, 'Vavpča Vas near

') in 1955. The settlement was first mentioned in written sources in 1335 as ''Amanstorf'' (and as ''Amannstorf'' in 1383, and ''Ambtmansdorf'' in 1467). The Slovene name is derived from ''*Valp(o)ťa vas'', literally '

reeve Reeve may refer to: Titles *Reeve (Canada), an elected chief executive of some counties, townships, and equivalents *Reeve (England), an official elected annually by the serfs to supervise lands for a lord *High-reeve, a title taken by some Englis ...

's village', from the Slovene common noun ''valpot'' 'chief steward at a manor' (borrowed from Old High German ''waltboto'' 'ruler's deputy'). The medieval German attestations of the name are based on the Middle High German word ''amman'' or ''ambetman'' 'steward'. Compare also ''

Vavta vas Vavta Vas (; sl, Vavta vas, in older sources also ''Valta vas''; german: Waltendorf) is a village on the right bank of the Krka River in the Municipality of Straža in southeastern Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Re ...

''.

References

External links

Vavpča Vas pri Dobrniču on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Trebnje {{Trebnje-geo-stub