Matenja Vas
Matenja Vas | |
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Village | |
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Coordinates: 45°44′29.49″N 14°11′38.19″E / 45.7415250°N 14.1939417°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Traditional region | Inner Carniola |
Statistical region | Littoral–Inner Carniola |
Municipality | Postojna |
Area | |
• Total | 2.05 km2 (0.79 sq mi) |
Elevation | 529.3 m (1,736.5 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 329 |
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Matenja Vas (pronounced [maˈteːnja ˈʋaːs]; Slovene: Matenja vas, German: Mautersdorf,[2] Italian: Mategna) is a village south of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]
Church
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The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs to the Koper Diocese. It was built in the mid-17th century on the site of an older chapel.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 136.
- ^ Postojna municipal site
- ^ Koper Diocese list of churches Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]Media related to Matenja Vas at Wikimedia Commons
- Matenja Vas on Geopedia