Podkoren

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Podkoren
Podkoren from the south
Podkoren
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°29′41.8″N 13°45′21.67″E / 46.494944°N 13.7560194°E / 46.494944; 13.7560194Coordinates: 46°29′41.8″N 13°45′21.67″E / 46.494944°N 13.7560194°E / 46.494944; 13.7560194
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Kranjska Gora
Elevation 860.6 m (2,823.5 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 388
[1]

Podkoren is a settlement in the Municipality of Kranjska Gora in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The village church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and is of late Gothic origin as are many houses in the village, but was largely refurbished in the Baroque style.[2]

Podkoren lies immediately below the Wurzenpass mountain pass leading into Carinthia in Austria.

The British chemist Humphry Davy stayed there on a visit to the area.

The Zelenci nature reserve, at the source of the Sava River, is located just west of the village. The Sava Dolinka River flows east from here, to the south of Podkoren.

  • St. Andrew's Church, Podkoren

  • Podkoren, view of a street

  • The house in which Humphry Davy stayed

  • Plaque commemorating Humphry Davy's stay

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ "Sign about the history of Podkoren and St Andrew's church in the entrance of the church". 

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Settlements

Administrative centre: Kranjska Gora

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  • Radovna
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