Župeča Vas (; , ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 76.) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

on the right bank of the Krka River, east of Cerklje ob Krki in the

Municipality of Brežice The Municipality of Brežice (; ) is a municipality in eastern Slovenia in the Lower Sava Valley along the border with Croatia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Brežice. The area was traditionally divided between Lower Styria (territo ...

in eastern

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the

Lower Sava Statistical Region The Lower Sava Statistical Region (; until December 31, 2014 ) is a Statistical regions of Slovenia, statistical region in Slovenia. It has good traffic accessibility and is located in the Sava and Krka Valleys, with hilly areas with vineyards and ...

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artefacts, mostly masonry, have been found in the area, mostly in the location of a destroyed medieval church dedicated

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, mentioned in written documents dating to 1274, but already destroyed by the 17th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 10596

References

External links

Župeča Vas on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Brežice {{Brežice-geo-stub