Podmolnik () is a settlement in the

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in central

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. It is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the

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Name

The name ''Podmolnik'' is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost case inflection, literally meaning 'below Molnik Hill' (< ''pod'' 'below' + ''Molnik''). Molnik Hill, which stands south of the settlement, was attested in written sources in 1421 as ''Mellnik'' (and as ''Mellnikg'' in 1422 and ''Melnikh'' in 1490). The medieval forms of the name indicate that the hill was originally called *''Melnik'', which could be derived from the common noun ''mel'' '

scree Scree is a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of a cliff or other steep rocky mass that has accumulated through periodic rockfall. Landforms associated with these materials are often called talus deposits. Talus deposits typically ha ...

'. A less likely theory derives the name from an Illyrian substatum word meaning 'mountain, hill'.

Cultural heritage

Marenček Hill in the middle of the settlement has been identified as a site of an ancient

hill fort A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roma ...

with artefacts dating to the

Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...

and

Roman period The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Roman Republic, Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings aro ...

.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 18797

References

External links

Podmolnik on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Ljubljana Sostro District {{ljubljana-geo-stub