Kaplja Vas is an elongated village stretching along the road from Komenda to Moste. It lies above the Pšata River. The village has extensive fields but limited wooded land.[1]
Name
Gravestone detail mentioning Kaplja Vas
Kaplja Vas was originally named Kapela vas (literally, 'chapel village') in reference to a chapel dedicated to Saint Peter that was later developed into a church (now in Komenda). Until about 1800, the hamlet below the church was known as Apnenice.[5] In the past the German name of the village was Kaplawas.[1][8]
History
Fragments of prehistoric pottery, roof tiles and remains of walls from antiquity, and a Roman coin from AD 276–283 have been discovered in Kaplja Vas, attesting to early settlement in the area. Continuity of settlement is indicated by the discovery of early Slavic graves near the parish church and a fragment of a quern.[9] In the past, Kaplja Vas produced large quantities of wine; the village also had two grain mills and two sawmills.[1] During the Second World War, the Partisans operated an underground print shop at the Mejač farm in Kaplja Vas from the end of March to mid-May 1944, after which it was relocated to Mlaka. A Home Guard post was established in the village in mid-August 1944.[5] Kaplja Vas was annexed by the village of Komenda in 1952, ending its existence as an independent settlement.[3][10]
References
^ abcdKrajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 190.
^Šmodivnik, Janez, & Franc Lunder. 1961. Imenik naselij z zakonom o območjih okrajev in občin v LR Sloveniji: imenikom naselij, občin, okrajev, sokišč, pošt in s številom prebivalstva po okrajih v FLR Jugoslaviji. Ljubljana: Uradni list LRS, p. 47.
^ abRazširjeni seznam sprememb naselij od 1948 do 1964: preimenovanja, združevanja, odcepitve, pristavki, razglasitve in ukinitve. 1965. Ljubljana: Zavod SR Slovenije za statistiko, pp. 45, 47.
