Podgrad, Ljubljana
Podgrad | |
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Ljubljana | |
Area | |
• Total | 4.07 km2 (1.57 sq mi) |
Elevation | 275.2 m (902.9 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 220 |
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Podgrad (pronounced
Geography
Podgrad lies on the right bank of the
Name
The name Podgrad (literally, 'below the castle') is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost its case inflection. It refers to the village's location below Osterberg Castle (Slovene: Sostro or Ostri vrh),[3] the ruins of which are located on Castle Hill (Slovene: Grad) west of Besnica Creek.[4] Osterberg Castle is also the source of the name of the settlement of Sostro.[5]
History
A chemical factory was established in Podgrad in the second half of the 19th century but burned down in 1880. It was reestablished in 1910 as pigment factory that later expanded into producing organic dyes. The Arbo company was created from the plant in 1953, and the dye operations were then transferred to Celje.[4]
Castles
Osterberg Castle was built circa 1015 by the Counts of Scharffenberg, lesser nobles subject to the
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Ljubljana municipal site
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 107.
- ^ a b c Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 364.
- ^ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 389–390.