Dolga Vas (; , ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38. or ''Krapfenfeld'',Simonič, Ivan. 1935. "Kočevarji v luči krajevnih in ledinskih imen." ''Glasnik Muzejskega društva za Slovenijo'' 16: 61–81 and 106–123, p. 63.

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: ''Kropfnwold''Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In ''Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer'' (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik. or ''Kropfmvolt''Tschinkel, Wilhelm. 1931. ''Gottscheer Volkstum in Sitte, Brauch, Märchen, Sagen, Legenden und anderen volkstümlichen Überlieferungen.'' Author, p. 210.) is a settlement on the Rinža River southeast of the town of

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in southern

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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Name

The Slovene name ''Dolga vas'' literally means 'long village'. The Slovene name refers to the layout of the settlement along the road. The German name ''Krapfenfeld'' (recorded in the 1574 land registry and also in later sources as ''Grafenfeld'') is derived from the surname ''Krapf'', literally meaning 'Krapf's field'.Schröer, Karl Julius. 1870. ''Wörterbuch der Mundart von Gottschee.'' Vienna: K. u. k. Staatsdruckerei, p. 411. The name ''Grafenfeld'' is thus a corruption of ''Krapfenfeld'' and not vice versa. Popular etymology derived the name from ''krapfen'' 'doughnut', resulting in the jocular nickname ''Kropfmvrassarə'' 'doughnut eaters' for the residents of the village.

History

In the land registry of 1574, Dolga Vas had eight full farms subdivided into 16 half-farms,Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 220. corresponding to between 110 and 115 inhabitants. The 1770 census recorded 52 houses in the village. In 1910 the village had 86 houses and a population of 266, of whom 52 households were of German speakers. Before the Second World War, the village had 90 houses and a population of 457.''Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine''. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 215. The Gottschee German inhabitants were evicted at the end of 1941, after which new settlers came to the village from various parts of Slovenia. On 11 May 1942, Italian troops killed seven people in the village. The Dolga Vas volunteer fire department became a founding unit of the Kočevje municipal fire department on 28 August 1955.

Church

Dolga Vas had a

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dedicated to the

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. The church stood in the middle of the village and was dedicated on 15 June 1717. It originally had a

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, but after a second bell was purchased in 1792 a

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was built in 1804, incorporated into the nave. The church was renovated in 1885, when a tile roof and clock were added to the bell tower. The church originally had a shingled roof, but shortly before the Second World War this was replaced with concrete tiles and a metal roof over the

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. Although it was in good condition after the war, it was completely destroyed on 18 June 1956. In 2006 the villagers erected a stone

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at the site of the former church. Holy Name Church was considered a rare architectural treasure from this period in the Kočevje region because of its rich furnishings created by some of the most prominent Baroque craftsmen in Carniola.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Dolga Vas include: * Ivan Grajš (1917–1993), beekeeper * Wilhelm Lampeter (1916–2003), agricultural specialist, university professorProf. Dr. agr. habil., Dr. h. c. Wilhelm Lampeter
* Franjo Zdravič (1919–1999), plastic surgeon

References

External links

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Dolga Vas on GeopediaPre–World War II map of Dolga Vas with oeconyms and family names
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dolga Vas Populated places in the Municipality of Kočevje