Podlonk

Podlonk
Village
Podlonk is located in Slovenia
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Podlonk
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 RegionUpper Carniola
Statistical regionUpper Carniola
MunicipalityŽelezniki
Area
 • Total
10.012 km2 (3.866 sq mi)
Elevation
772.4 m (2,534 ft)
Population
 (2026)
 • Total
154
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)

Podlonk (pronounced [pɔˈdlɔːŋk]; German: Podlong) is a settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. In January 2026, the population was 154.

Geography

The Ledine Bog

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. To the north, the territory of the village extends to Ledine, an ombrotrophic bog on the Jelovica Plateau measuring 6.9 hectares (17 acres) at an elevation of 1,122 meters (3,681 ft).

Name

Podlonk was originally known as Pod planino (literally 'below the mnountain pasture'), attested in 1291 as Potplanino. 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. The settlement was known as Podlong in German.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Podlonk". SURS.
  2. 1 2 Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 62.
  3. 1 2 Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 368–369.
  4. ↑ Breznik, Josip (1914). "Barja na Kranjskem". Carniola: Izvestja Muzejskega društva za Kranjsko. 5 (1/2): 107–108. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Podlonk". Slovenska historična topografija. ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa. Retrieved June 15, 2026.