| Official Name: | Podkogelj |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| 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: | Central Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Velike Lašče |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.53 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 16 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 45.8104°N 14.5992°W |
| Elevation M: | 549.3 |
| Postal Code: | 1315 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Podkogelj (in Slovenian pronounced as /pɔtˈkoːɡəl/; German: Podkogel[2]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[3]
Podkogel was attested in written sources as Kogol in 1436 and Gugalitsch in 1484, among other names.[4] The name is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost case inflection, from pod 'below' + kogel 'rounded peak'.[5] In this case, it refers to the settlement's location below Kogelj Hill (elevation 600m (2,000feet)), which rises northeast of the village.