Podreča Explained

Official Name:Podreča
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:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Upper Carniola
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kranj
Area Total Km2:3.35
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:446
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.1729°N 14.4101°W
Elevation M:356
Footnotes:[1]

Podreča (in Slovenian pronounced as /pɔˈdɾeːtʃa/; in older sources also Podreče,[2] German: Podretsche[2]) is a village on the right bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.[3]

Name

Podreča was attested in written sources in 1334 as Patriarchsdorf, and in 1437 as de Patriarchali villa. The name is derived from *Podreča (vas) (literally, 'patriarch's village'); the first element is a possessive adjective from the noun podreka 'patriarch'. In the Middle Ages the village was a property of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, and so the name refers to historical ownership.[4] A small rise near the settlement known as Abbot's Hill (Slovenian: Opatji hrib) is also reminiscent of this ecclesiastical heritage.[5]

History

In 1929 a monument was set up behind the church, marking the former site of the house where the Slovene poet and writer Simon Jenko (1835–1869) was born. There were formerly a sawmill and grain mill in the village, but these sites were flooded when the Sava River was dammed for the Medvode hydroelectric plant in 1953, raising the water level by 5m (16feet).[5]

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saints Cantius, Cantianus, and Cantianilla.[6] It dates from 1854 and was restored after the 1895 Ljubljana earthquake. The church contains an altar created by one of the Goetzls in 1874.[5]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Podreča include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54.
  3. http://www.kranj.si Kranj municipal site
  4. Book: Snoj . Marko . Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen . 2009 . Modrijan . Ljubljana . 315.
  5. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1 . 1968 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 165-166.
  6. http://www.druzina.si/icd/spletnastran.nsf/all/6BF5F1192A32EECBC12572030034F712?OpenDocument Družina RC Church journal site