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Maharska Vas

Coordinates: 46°18′49″N 15°34′43″E / 46.31361°N 15.57861°E / 46.31361; 15.57861
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Maharska Vas
Maharska Vas is located in Slovenia
Maharska Vas
Maharska Vas
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°18′49″N 15°34′43″E / 46.31361°N 15.57861°E / 46.31361; 15.57861
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionDrava
MunicipalityPoljčane
Elevation260 m (850 ft)

Maharska Vas (pronounced [ˈmaːxaɾska ˈʋaːs], Slovene: Maharska vas, in older sources Maharčka vas[1] or Marhačka vas,[2] German: Marchendorf[2][3]) is a former village in central Slovenia in the Municipality of Poljčane. It is now part of the town of Poljčane.[4] It is part of the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.

Geography

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Maharska Vas lies on the left bank of Brežnica Creek at the junction of the roads to Spodnja Brežnica and Laporje.[4]

Name

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Maharska Vas was attested in historical sources in 1490 as Marcherstorf.[5][6] It is probably derived from the personal name Mahar,[6] and the toponym therefore means 'Mahar's village', referring to an early resident of the place. Other place names derived from the personal name Mahar include Maharovec.[7]

History

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Maharska Vas ceased to exist as a separate settlement in 1957, when it and the former village of Pekel pri Poljčanah were merged into a single settlement named Poljčane.[4][8]

References

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  1. ^ a b Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 417.
  2. ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 194.
  3. ^ K. K. Statistischen Central-Commission (1883). Orts-Repertorien der im Oesterreichischen Reichsrathe Vertretenen Königreiche und Lander. IV. Steiermark. Vienna: K. K. Statistischen Central-Commission. p. 160.
  4. ^ a b c Savnik, Roman (1980). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 4. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 546.
  5. ^ von Zahn, Joseph (1893). Ortsnamenbuch der Steiermark im Mittelalter. Vienna: A. Hölder. p. 327.
  6. ^ a b Onomastica Jugoslavica. Vol. 2. 1970. p. 214.
  7. ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 249.
  8. ^ Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 61, 75, 80.
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