Vavpča Vas pri Dobrniču


Vavpča Vas pri Dobrniču is a settlement in the Municipality of Trebnje in eastern Slovenia. It lies in a small valley north of Dobrnič. Traditionally the area was part of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Vavpča vas to Vavpča vas pri Dobrniču in 1955. The settlement was first mentioned in written sources in 1335 as Amanstorf. The Slovene name is derived from *Valpťa vas, literally 'reeve's village', from the Slovene common noun valpot 'chief steward at a manor'. The medieval German attestations of the name are based on the Middle High German word amman or ambetman 'steward'. Compare also Vavta vas.