Žabja Vas lies southeast of the town center of Novo Mesto,[1] along both sides of the road to Kostanjevica na Krki.[2] The Gotna Vas Woods (Slovene: Gotenski boršt) stand southeast of Žabja Vas.
Name
The name Žabja vas means 'frog village'. There are several places with this name in Slovenia (e.g., Žabja Vas in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane), as well as other names based on the common noun žaba 'frog', such as Žabnica, Žabče, and Žablje. Such names originally referred to a wetland with frogs and then later to a settlement built next to it.[6] The older name of the settlement, Žabja Luža, means 'frog pond'.
History
Žabja Vas had a population of 138 in 24 houses in 1870,[3] 120 in 27 houses in 1880,[4] 205 in 38 houses in 1900,[5] 245 in 45 houses in 1931,[1] and 374 in 73 houses in 1961.[2] Žabja Vas was annexed by the city of Novo Mesto in 1979, ending its existence as an independent settlement.[7][8]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Žabja Vas include the following:
^Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 70, 121.