| Official Name: | Podolševa |
| Other Name: | Sveti Duh (until 1953) |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Savinja |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Solčava |
| Area Total Km2: | 19.16 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 71 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.4365°N 14.6954°W |
| Elevation M: | 1064 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Podolševa (pronounced as /sl/ or pronounced as /sl/; formerly Sveti Duh, de|Heiligengeist[2]) is a dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Solčava in northern Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.[3]
The territory of the settlement includes Potok Cave (sl|Potočka zijalka), named after the Potok Farm.[4] The archaeologist Srečko Brodar carried out excavations at Potok Cave. The Bukovnik farm in the eastern part of the settlement, which lies at an elevation of 1327m (4,354feet), is the highest-elevation farm in Slovenia.[5] [6]
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Duh (literally, 'Holy Spirit'), referring the local church,[7] [8] to Podolševa in 1953.[9] The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.[10] [11] The name Podolševa is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost its case inflection, from pod 'below' + Olševa, thus referring to the settlement's location below Mount Olševa. In the past the German name was Heiligengeist.[2]
The local church is dedicated to the Holy Spirit and belongs to the Parish of Solčava. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1631.[12]