Podkraj, Ajdovščina Explained

Official Name:Podkraj
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:Littoral
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Ajdovščina
Area Total Km2:19.52
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:421
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.864°N 14.0611°W
Elevation M:808.2
Footnotes:[1]

Podkraj (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈpoːtkɾai̯/) is a village southeast of Col in the Municipality of Ajdovščina in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It also includes smaller clusters of the hamlets of Trševje, Sreboti, and Hrušica (German: Birnbaum)[2] as well as a number of isolated farmsteads along the road from Col to Kalce.[3]

The Ad Pirum archaeological site is located in the hamlet of Hrušica.

Churches

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Margaret and belongs to the Diocese of Koper. It was built in 1865 at the site of an older predecessor upon the plans by Matija Ozbič. A second church in the settlement belonging to the same parish is dedicated to the Holy Spirit.[4] The ruins of a 15th-century church dedicated to Saint Gertrude lie in the hamlet of Hrušica. It was built on the site of a 12th-century predecessor.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko . 1906 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 128.
  3. http://www.ajdovscina.si/index.php?&vie=ctl&gr1=mnkKs&gr2=&id=2004102810431104 Ajdovščina municipal site
  4. http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Koper Diocese list of churches
  5. Srednjeveška cerkev sv. Jedrti. Information sign in Hrušica, Podkraj.