Podlonk | |
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Village | |
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Podlonk Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°13′59.24″N 14°7′31.77″E / 46.2331222°N 14.1254917°E / 46.2331222; 14.1254917 | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional Region | Upper Carniola |
| Statistical region | Upper Carniola |
| Municipality | Železniki |
| Elevation | 772.4 m (2,534 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 159 |
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Podlonk (pronounced [pɔˈdlɔːŋk]; German: Podlong2) is a settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Geography
Podlonk is a scattered village located on slanted terraces on the eastern slopes of the Ratitovec Ridge. Lonk Hill (elevation 786 meters or 2,579 feet) stands immediately east of the village. The village includes the hamlet of Draboslovica to the southeast.3 To the north, the territory of the village extends to Ledine, an ombrotrophic bog on the Jelovica Plateau measuring 6.9 hectares (17 acres)4 at an elevation of 1,122 meters (3,681 ft).
Name
Podlonk was originally known as Pod planino3 (literally 'below the mnountain pasture'), attested in 1291 as Potplanino.5 The modern name Podlonk is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost case inflection: pod 'below' + Lonk, referring to Lonk Hill. That name was attested (with case inflection) as Podlannkam in 1485–1490 and as Podlomkom in 1500.5 The settlement was known as Podlong in German.2
References
References
- Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 62.
- Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 368–369.
- Breznik, Josip (1914). "Barja na Kranjskem". Carniola: Izvestja Muzejskega društva za Kranjsko. 5 (1/2): 107–108. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
- "Podlonk". Slovenska historična topografija. ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa. Retrieved June 15, 2026.