Konca Vas
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| Konca Vas Konec (until 1952) | |
|---|---|
_location_map.svg.png)  Konca Vas | |
| Coordinates: 45°40′19.22″N 14°50′40.84″E / 45.6720056°N 14.8446778°ECoordinates: 45°40′19.22″N 14°50′40.84″E / 45.6720056°N 14.8446778°E | |
| Country |
 Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Southeast Slovenia |
| Municipality | Kočevje |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.4 km2 (0.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 484.8 m (1,590.6 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 112 |
| [1] | |
Konca Vas (pronounced [ˈkoːntsa ˈvaːs]; Slovene: Konca vas, formerly Konca[2] or Konec;[3] German: Ort[2][4]) is a small settlement immediately north of Stara Cerkev in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[5]
Name
The name of the settlement was officially changed from Konec to Konca vas in 1952.[3] However, the name Konca vas was already in use much earlier.[6]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Konca Vas include:
- Jurij Jonke (1777–1864), beekeeper[7]
References
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 42.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
- ↑ Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
- ↑ Kočevje municipal site
- ↑ Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 26.
- ↑ Bokal, Ljudmila, ed. 2008. Čebelarski terminološki slovar. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU and Lukovica: Čebelarska zveza Slovenije, p. 254.
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