Jelenja Vas (pronounced [jɛˈleːnja ˈʋaːs]; Slovene: Jelenja vas, in older sources Jelena vas,[1] formerly also Iskrba,[2]: 246 [3] German: Hirisgruben[3][4] or Hirschgruben,[5][6] Gottscheerish: Hirisgruəbə[7]) is a hamlet of the village of Štalcerji in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia.

[9] Jelenja Vas was formerly called Iskrba in Slovene,[2]: 234  derived from the German name.

German Hirsch 'deer', Gottscheerish hiris 'deer'[10]), thus referring to the local fauna.

Jelenja Vas was a village settled by Gottschee Germans.

[2]: 246  In the land registry of 1574 it consisted of one farm divided into two half-farms, corresponding to a population between seven and 10.