Podsmreka pri Velikih Laščah

Podsmreka pri Velikih Laščah
Podsmreka pri Velikih Laščah

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 45°49′38.86″N 14°36′18.87″E / 45.8274611°N 14.6052417°ECoordinates: 45°49′38.86″N 14°36′18.87″E / 45.8274611°N 14.6052417°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Lower Carniola
Statistical region Central Slovenia
Municipality Velike Lašče
Area
  Total 0.37 km2 (0.14 sq mi)
Elevation 540.6 m (1,773.6 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 24
[1]

Podsmreka pri Velikih Laščah is a small settlement west of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The entire Municipality of Velike Lašče is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia statistical region.[2]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Podsmreka to Podsmreka pri Velikih Laščah in 1987.[3]

Notable people

The Slovene writer Josip Stritar was born in the settlement in 1836. The house in which he was born, although much altered, bears a commemorative plaque with a relief portrait of the author, unveiled in 1936.[4]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Velike Lašče municipal site
  3. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
  4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 5307

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