Vučja Vas (; , in older sources ''Vučja ves'', ) 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 ...

in the

Municipality of Križevci The Municipality of Križevci (; ) is a municipality in the Prlekija region in eastern Slovenia. It gets its name from the largest settlement and administrative seat of the municipality, Križevci pri Ljutomeru. It is part of the traditional reg ...

in northeastern

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. It lies on the regional road from

Ljutomer Ljutomer (; ) is a town in northeastern Slovenia, east of Maribor. It is the seat of the Municipality of Ljutomer. Traditionally it was part of the region of Styria. It is now included in the Mura Statistical Region. The economy of Ljutomer is la ...

Radenci Radenci (; ) is a town on the right bank of the Mura River in the Mura Statistical Region of northeastern Slovenia. It is a well-known spa town and was first mentioned in written documents dating back to 1436. After 1833, when a new source of min ...

. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. The municipality is now included in the

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. A small

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in the settlement was totally rebuilt in 1986 on the site and in the style of an older chapel dating to 1876.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 14858

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Vučja Vas include: * Ciril Cvetko (1920–1999), composer and conductor *

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(1911–1993), musicologist

References

External links

Vučja Vas on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Križevci {{Križevci-geo-stub