Podpulfrca (, in older sources ''Podpurflica''
) is a small settlement in the
Municipality of Škofja Loka
The Municipality of Škofja Loka (; sl, Občina Škofja Loka) is a municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Škofja Loka. The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October ...
in the
Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jeseni ...
region of
Slovenia
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.
Name
Podpulfrca is also known as ''Podpurfelca'' in the local dialect.
The name is a fused prepositional phrase: ''pod'' 'below' + ''pulfrca'' 'gunpowder mill'. The latter element refers to a
stamp mill
A stamp mill (or stamp battery or stamping mill) is a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores. Breaking material down is a type of unit operatio ...
used for producing gunpowder that was located there, and in 1584 the name of the village was recorded as ''Pulferstamph'' 'gunpowder mill' (i.e., German ''Pulverstampf'').
References
External links
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Podpulfrca on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Škofja Loka
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