[5] The name of the spring comes from the dialect common noun zden(e)c 'spring', which is derived from the standard form studenec 'spring, well' through syncope and assimilation.

[6] Zdenska Vas was first mentioned in written sources in 1256, when the Count of Ortenburg sold the village to the monastery at Stična.

[5] The local church, built on the hillside north of the village, is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua and belongs to the Parish of Dobrepolje–Videm.

Among the furnishings, the local people were able to save a statue of Saint Anthony of Padua, the tabernacle, and a pew.

The paintings in the church were restored in 1991 by the painter Izidor Mole, assisted by Tine Šporar from Podpeč.