Maharska Vas

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.

Maharska Vas
Maharska Vas is located in Slovenia
Maharska Vas
Maharska Vas
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°18′49″N 15°34′43″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionDrava
MunicipalityPoljčane
Elevation
[1]
260 m (850 ft)

Geography

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

Name

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

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
  1. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 417.
  2. 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. 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. 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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