Podlehnik
Podlehnik | |
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Styria | |
| Statistical region | Drava |
| Municipality | Podlehnik |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.19 km2 (1.62 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 300.0 m (984.3 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 378 |
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Podlehnik (pronounced
Name
Podlehnik was attested in historical sources as Lihteneck and Leichtenekke in 1259–1260, as Lihtneck in 1297, and as Liehtneck in 1308, among other variants.[3][4] The Slovene name is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost case inflection: pod 'under' + Lehnik, referring to the location of the village below Lehnik Castle. The name of the castle (German: Li(e)chtenegg) is a compound from Middle High German lieht 'light, bright' + egge 'hill, peak', thus meaning 'castle on a bright/sunny hill'. The Slovene change of the ending from -negg to -nik is an example of folk etymology based on analogy with many other toponyms ending in -nik.[4]
History
The settlement developed around 13th-century Lehnik Castle. The castle was destroyed during
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 238.
- ^ Blaznik, Pavle; Mihelič, Darja (1986). Slovenska Štajerska in jugoslovanski del Koroške do leta 1500. Maribor: Obzorja. p. 98.
- ^ a b Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 313.
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 537
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3462
External links
| Settlements | Administrative seat: Podlehnik
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