Sadinja Vas (; , also archaic Zadina Vas,Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 21. ) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Ljubljana in central Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.Ljubljana municipal site
Name The name of the settlement was first recorded in German in 1278 as ( in 1313, in 1346). The Slovene name was first attested as in 1463 (and as in 1690). The Slovene name developed from * 'village belonging to a (village judge)', which is also confirmed by the Middle High German equivalent with 'member of the judicial bench' who assisted the lord of the estate in judicial matters.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 365–366. The village was known as in German in the past.
History In 1940 and 1941 an underground Partisan printing press operated at house no. 33 in the village, commemorated by a plaque. The printing equipment for the workshop was manufactured in Celje by Janko Skvarča (a.k.a. Modras, 1915–1943). There was also a Partisan checkpoint in Sadinja Vas during the Second World War.
Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Sadinja Vas include: Josip Sicherl (1860–1935), composer
References
External links
Sadinja Vas on Geopedia