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Bolečka Vas
Bolečka VasLocation in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°20′49.49″N 15°48′7.73″E / 46.3470806°N 15.8021472°E / 46.3470806; 15.8021472
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Drava
Municipality	Majšperk
Area
• Total	2.03 km (0.78 sq mi)
Elevation	236.7 m (776.6 ft)
Population
• Total	53

Bolečka Vas (pronounced [bɔˈleːtʃka ˈʋaːs]; Slovene: Bolečka vas) is a settlement on the left bank of the Dravinja River in the Municipality of Majšperk in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Statistical Region.

Geography

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In the valley, there are mostly fields in the meadows.

Name

Bolečka Vas was attested in written sources in 1440 as Welitschezdorff. The name is derived from the possessive adjective form of the Slavic personal name *Boľę and thus originally means 'Boľę's village'.

History and economy

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Until 1998, the village belonged to the Municipality of Videm, and later to Majšperk. It belongs to the local community of Dolena. It is the location of the F.D. Rožmarin Dolena folklore society, a womeactive, sports association, ethnographic association, folk singers, and pensioners' association. The main industries are agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, catering, viticulture, and trucking.

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Majšperk municipal site
3. Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 70.

External links

• Bolečka Vas on Geopedia

v t e Municipality of Majšperk
Settlement	Administrative seat: Majšperk Current Bolečka Vas Breg Doklece Dol pri Stopercah Grdina Janški Vrh Jelovice Koritno Kupčinji Vrh Lešje Medvedce Naraplje Planjsko Podlože Preša Ptujska Gora Sestrže Sitež Skrblje Slape Spodnja Sveča Stanečka Vas Stogovci Stoperce Zgornja Sveča Former Sveča
Landmarks	Majšperk Castle

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