title: Vas, Kostel
text: # Vas, Kostel
  
  Vas (pronounced) is a small village on the left bank of the Kolpa River southwest of Fara in the Municipality of Kostel in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
  
  ## History
  
  The Vas–Fara volunteer fire department became a founding unit of the Kočevje municipal fire department on 28 August 1955.
  
  ## Cultural heritage
  
  There is a small chapel-shrine in the settlement dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It dates to the early 20th century.
  
  