Potočna Vas

Potočna Vas
Potočna Vas Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°49′34″N 15°08′39″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Southwest Slovenia
Municipality	Novo Mesto
Elevation [1][2]	175 m (574 ft)

Potočna Vas (pronounced [pɔˈtoːtʃna ˈʋaːs]; Slovene: Potočna vas, in older sources also Potočarska vas,^[1][3] German: Pototschendorf^[3]) is a former village in southeastern Slovenia in the Municipality of Novo Mesto. It is now part of the city of Novo Mesto. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.

Geography

Potočna Vas is a clustered settlement about 3.2 kilometers (2.0 mi) northwest of the city center of Novo Mesto. It lies on the right bank of Bršljin Creek (Slovene: Bršljinski potok), which borders it to the northeast, and along the railway line from Ljubljana to Metlika, which largely borders it to the southwest.^[1][2]

Name

The name Potočna Vas means 'creek village' and refers to Bršljin Creek. The toponym is related to other Slovene place names referring to a creek, such as Potok and Potoče.^[4] The older variant name Potočarska vas (literally, 'Potočar village') is surname-based, referring to a place inhabited by people named Potočar (i.e., 'person living on a creek'). The surname Potočar was found in the village in the past.^[5]

History

Former settlement border sign (from c. 1953)

In the past, there were mills in Potočna Vas located along Bršljin Creek.^[1] Potočna Vas was annexed by the city of Novo Mesto in 1979, ending its existence as an independent settlement.^[6]

References

1. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 482.
2. Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 524.
3. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 156.
4. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 325.
5. "Popis prebivalstva 31. 12. 1869, Občina Prečna, Potočna vas 10". INZ, Zgodovina Slovenije - SIstory. Zgodovinski arhiv Ljubljana, Enota za Dolenjsko in Belo krajino, Novo mesto. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
6. 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, 81.

External links

• Potočna Vas on Geopedia