Podzemelj
Sign in to savePodzemelj (; ) is a village on the left bank of the Kolpa River in the Municipality of Metlika in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia, next to the border with Croatia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
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Place details
- Locality
- Metlika
- Region
- Municipality of Metlika
- Country
- Slovenija
- Population
- 61
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Podzemelj
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Podzemelj1.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Slovenia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Slovenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Traditional region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- White Carniola
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Statistical region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- Municipality of Metlika
- Population
- +142
- Area
- +1.98
- Elevation
- +155.3
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Podzemelj1.JPG
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Archaeology
- Church
- References
- External links
Podzemelj (; ) is a village on the left bank of the Kolpa River in the Municipality of Metlika in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia, next to the border with Croatia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
==Name== Podzemelj was mentioned in medieval written sources only with reference to the village church, as (ecclesia) sancti Martini 'Saint Martin's Church' in 1279 and as ecclesia sancti Martini prope Culpam 'Saint Martin's Church near the Kolpa River' in 1337. The name is derived from a combination of the preposition *podъ 'under, below' + *zemľa 'earth', referring to a ditch built for defense purposes (this is also the origin of neighboring Zemelj). The name therefore means '(settlement) below the trench'.