Podbrdo, Tolmin
Podbrdo | |
|---|---|
Slovenian Littoral | |
| Statistical region | Gorizia |
| Municipality | Tolmin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.44 km2 (2.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 535.3 m (1,756.2 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 725 |
| [1] | |
Podbrdo (pronounced
Name
The name Podbrdo is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost its case inflection, from pod 'under' + brdo 'hill', thus referring to the local geography.[4]
History
The settlement was founded in the 16th century by German-speaking settlers from Tyrol, but the area was settled earlier.
Church
The most important building in the village is the
Other cultural heritage
.There are also many 19th-century houses, a
(between World War I and World War II, when Podbrdo, then named Piedicolle, was part of Italy).Natural heritage
Podbrdo is surrounded by many attractive mountains such as Slatnik (1589 m), Lajnar (1549 m), Bača Peak (Vrh Bače, 1281 m), Črna Prst (1844 m), Kobla (1498 m), and Porezen (1622 m).
The sunny side of Črna Prst has attracted
- Short-haired sandwort (Moehringia villosa), an endemic flower of Bača
- Silvery crane's bill (Geranium argenteum)
- Alpine sea holly (Eryngium alpinum)
- Tephroseris pseudocrispa
- Campanula zoysii
- Artemisia nitida
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Italy and the Jugoslav Minority within Her Borders. Ljubljana: Minorities Institute. 1931. p. 58. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ Tolmin municipal site
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 76.
- ^ Koper Diocese list of churches Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Media related to Podbrdo at Wikimedia Commons- Podbrdo on Geopedia
- Podbrdo primary school
