Podlehnik

Podlehnik
Občina Podlehnik
Town and Municipality

Postcard of Podlehnik

Location of the Municipality of Podlehnik in Slovenia
Podlehnik

Location of the Town of Podlehnik in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°20′N 15°53′E / 46.333°N 15.883°E / 46.333; 15.883Coordinates: 46°20′N 15°53′E / 46.333°N 15.883°E / 46.333; 15.883
Country  Slovenia
Government
  Mayor Marko Maučič
Area
  Total 46.0 km2 (17.8 sq mi)
Population (2002)[1]
  Total 1,820
  Density 40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02)

Podlehnik is a settlement and a municipality in the Haloze hills in eastern Slovenia. The area traditionally belonged to the region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava statistical region.[2]

The settlement developed around 13th-century Lehnik Castle. The castle was destroyed during Ottoman raids in 1532 and very few traces of it remain (foundations of a tower and a defense ditch).[3] What was originally the castle chapel is now the local church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and was expanded in the 16th and 18th centuries.[4]

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