Maharska Vas (, , in older sources ''Maharčka vas'' or ''Marhačka vas'', ) is a former

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in central

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in the

Municipality of Poljčane The Municipality of Poljčane (; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Poljčane. Poljčane became a municipality in 2006. Settlements In addition to the m ...

. It is now part of the town of

Poljčane Poljčane () is a settlement in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Poljčane. It lies 35 km south of Maribor and 35 km northeast of Celje. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The town lies in t ...

. It is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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Geography

Maharska Vas lies on the left bank of Brežnica Creek at the junction of the roads to

Spodnja Brežnica Spodnja Brežnica () is a settlement in the Municipality of Poljčane in northeastern Slovenia. It lies north of Poljčane on the regional road to Slovenska Bistrica. The railway line from Ljubljana to Maribor runs through the settlement. The area ...

and Laporje.

Name

Maharska Vas was attested in historical sources in 1490 as ''Marcherstorf''. It is probably derived from the personal name ''Mahar'', 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''.

History

Maharska Vas ceased to exist as a separate settlement in 1957, when it and the former village of

Pekel pri Poljčanah Pekel may refer to: People * Birol Pekel (1938–2004), Turkish football player * Melike Pekel (born 1995), Turkish-German women's football player Settlements *Pako, a settlement in the Municipality of Borovnica, formerly known as ''Pekel'' *Peke ...

were merged into a single settlement named Poljčane.

References

External links

Maharska Vas on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Poljčane Former settlements in Slovenia {{Poljčane-stub