Maharska Vas lies on the left bank of Brežnica Creek at the junction of the roads to Spodnja Brežnica and Laporje.

[4] Maharska Vas was attested in historical sources in 1490 as Marcherstorf.

[5][6] It is probably derived from the personal name Mahar,[6] and the toponym therefore means 'Mahar's village', referring to an early resident of the place.

[7] Maharska Vas ceased to exist as a separate settlement in 1957, when it and the former village of Pekel pri Poljčanah were merged into a single settlement named Poljčane.

[4][8] This article about the Municipality of Poljčane in Slovenia is a stub.