| Official Name: | Medvedjek |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lower Carniola |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Southeast Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Loški Potok |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 45.6063°N 14.7043°W |
| Elevation M: | 958 |
Medvedjek (in Slovenian pronounced as /mɛˈdʋeːdjɛk/; German: Bärenheim[1] [2] or Bärnheim[3]) is a former village in the Municipality of Loški Potok in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[4] Its territory is now part of the village of Trava.[5]
The name Medvedjek and names like it (e.g., Medvedjek, Medvedce, Gorenje Medvedje Selo) is relatively common in Slovenia as a toponym, microtoponym, and oronym. The name Medvedjek was originally *Medvedjak (< *Medvědьjakъ), derived from the personal name Medved, which is still a Slovene surname. The surname Medved is based on the identical common noun medved 'bear'.[6] The German name Bärenheim, literally 'bear's home', is semantically similar.
Medvedjek was an independent settlement before the Second World War. A sawmill operated in the settlement.[2] In 1890 it had a population of 107. In 1971 the settlement consisted of only two houses, one housing a state hunting official and another housing a forestry worker and his family.[5]