Križevska Vas (pronounced [kɾiˈʒeːu̯ska ˈʋaːs]; Slovene: Križevska vas; German: Sankt Crucis,[2]: 18 Kreuzdorf[2]: 19 ) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Dol pri Ljubljani in the eastern Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
The remnants of a Roman building with a decorative mosaic were discovered at the Vodnik farm in 1939 while excavating the late Gothic foundations of the original church.
[7] During the Second World War, Partisan forces took up positions in Križevska Vas and neighboring Zagorica pri Dolskem.
On 24 August 1944, Russian Liberation Army troops forced the villagers from their homes and then searched and looted the houses.
The Russian Liberation Army forces escorted the villagers to Dolsko and then burned Križevska Vas and Zagorica.