Podljubelj ( or ; german: Sankt Anna''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 66.) is a settlement on the road to the Ljubelj Pass in the

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in the

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region of

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveta Ana pod Ljubeljem'' (literally, 'Saint Anne below Ljubelj') to ''Podljubelj'' (literally, 'below Ljubelj') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. In the past the German name was ''Sankt Anna''.

Church

The local church, dedicated to

Saint Anne According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come o ...

, stands right by the entrance to the Ljubelj Tunnel.

Tominc Falls

On White Creek ( sl, Beli potok), a right tributary of Mošenik Creek, there is an easily reachable waterfall called Tominc Falls ( sl, Tominčev slap). It is a tourist attraction during high-flow conditions.

Mine

In the hamlet of Lajba above the village is an abandoned

cinnabar Cinnabar (), or cinnabarite (), from the grc, κιννάβαρι (), is the bright scarlet to brick-red form of Mercury sulfide, mercury(II) sulfide (HgS). It is the most common source ore for refining mercury (element), elemental mercury and ...

mine called Saint Anne's Mine ( sl, Šentanski rudnik) and parts of it have been made accessible to visitors.Slovenian Tourist Board site
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