Podreča

Podreča
Podreča

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°10′22.61″N 14°24′36.27″E / 46.1729472°N 14.4100750°ECoordinates: 46°10′22.61″N 14°24′36.27″E / 46.1729472°N 14.4100750°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Kranj
Area
 • Total 3.35 km2 (1.29 sq mi)
Elevation 356 m (1,168 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 446
[1]

Podreča (pronounced [pɔˈdɾeːtʃa]; in older sources also Podreče,[2] German: Podretsche[2]) is a village on the right bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

Name

Podreča was attested in written sources in 1334 as Patriarchsdorf, and in 1437 as de Patriarchali villa. The name is derived from *Podreča (vas) (literally, 'patriarch's village'); the first element is a possessive adjective from the noun podreka 'patriarch'. In the Middle Ages the village was a property of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, and so the name refers to historical ownership.[4] A small rise neat the settlement known as Abbot's Hill (Slovene: Opatji hrib) is also reminiscent of this ecclesiastical heritage.[5]

History

In 1929 a monument was set up behind the church, marking the former site of the house where the Slovene poet and writer Simon Jenko (1835–1869) was born. There were formerly a sawmill and grain mill in the village, but these sites were flooded when the Sava River was dammed for the Medvode hydroelectric plant in 1953, raising the water level by 5 meters.[5]

Church

Church in Podreča

The local church is dedicated to Saints Cantius, Cantianius, and Cantianella.[6] It dates from 1854 and was restored after the 1895 Ljubljana earthquake. The church contains an altar created by one of the Goetzls in 1874.[5]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Podreča include:

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54.
  3. ↑ Kranj municipal site
  4. ↑ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 315.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 165–166.
  6. ↑ Družina RC Church journal site

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