Klinja Vas
place in Lower Carniola, Slovenia
Klinja Vas (pronounced [ˈkliːnja ˈʋaːs]; Slovene: Klinja vas, German: Klindorf, Gottscheerish: Klindoarf) is a village north 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.
Name
The Slovene name Klinja Vas and the German name Klindorf both literally mean 'Klin village'. Klin was a surname recorded in the land registry of 1574, and so the name means 'village where the Klin family lives'. The surname Klin (along with similar surnames like Klinar) is believed to be derived from the Slovene common noun klin 'triangular, wedge-shaped piece of land'.
History
Klinja Vas was a Gottschee German village. It is one of the oldest settlements in Gottschee. According to the land registry of 1574 it had eight full farms divided into 16 half-farms with 20 landowners, corresponding to a population between 80 and 85. In 1770 there were 33 houses in the settlement. The village reached its prewar maximum population in 1921, with 43 houses and 223 people.
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