Podpleče

Podpleče

The hamlet of Dolenc in Podpleče
Podpleče

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°7′37.48″N 14°1′46.08″E / 46.1270778°N 14.0294667°E / 46.1270778; 14.0294667Coordinates: 46°7′37.48″N 14°1′46.08″E / 46.1270778°N 14.0294667°E / 46.1270778; 14.0294667
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Littoral
Statistical region Gorizia
Municipality Cerkno
Area
  Total 3.41 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Elevation 723.5 m (2,373.7 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 26
[1]

Podpleče (pronounced [pɔtˈplɛːtʃɛ]; German: Podpletscham[2]) is a dispersed settlement in the hills east of Cerkno in the traditional Littoral region of Slovenia.[3]

Geography

The hamlet of Kumar

Podpleče is a scattered hill settlement on the eastern edge of the Cerkno region, where the terrain descends toward Škofja Loka below a ridge dividing the watersheds of the Sora and Idrijca river basins. It includes the hamlets and isolated farmsteads of Joškovec, Kumar, Tomažek, Dolenc, Kolinc, Peter, Novine, Jeram, Na Brdu, and Mlakar. Podpleče is connected by a road from Cerkno through Planina pri Cerknem that continues east through the Kopačnica Valley to Hotavlje. Nearby elevations include Škofje Hill (974 meters or 3,196 feet) to the north and Vrhovec Hill (Slovene: Vrhovčev grič; 1,048 meters or 3,438 feet) to the south. The slopes of the hills are wooded, with hayfields and small tilled fields scattered among them.[4]

History

Interwar fortification in the hamlet of Tomažek

Above the farm at Jerman is a hill known as Vrata (literally, 'door'; 831 meters or 2,726 feet). It has been hypothesized that this name refers to a passage through the Roman limes, built before AD 430. The existence of a former wall is also suggested by stone that was apparently brought to the site as well as the adjacent microtoponym Za zidom (literally, 'behind the wall') in the neighboring village of Podlanišče.[5]

In the Middle Ages, Podpleče was part of the territory of the Bishopric of Freising. During the interwar period, the village was in Italian territory, west of the Rapallo border. During the Second World War, one house in the village was destroyed in a German air raid. A former copper mine in the area closed in 1943. A dairy processing center also operated in the village but was shut down after the Second World War.[4]

Cultural heritage

Wayside shrine in the hamlet of Joškovec

Registered cultural heritage in Podpleče includes the following:

References

  1. 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. 60.
  3. Cerkno municipal site
  4. 1 2 Savnik, Roman, ed. 1968. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 77.
  5. Brank, Rajko. 1970. Še nekaj o "vratih" na zahodni meji loškega gospostva. Loški razgledi 17: 277.
  6. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 18503
  7. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 4921
  8. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 21023


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