Podreča (; in older sources also ''Podreče'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 54. german: Podretsche) is a village on the right bank of the Sava River in the City Municipality of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

Podreča was attested in written sources in 1334 as ''Patriarchsdorf'', and in 1437 as ''de Patriarchali villa''. The name is derived from ''*Podreča (vas)'' (literally, 'patriarch's village'); the first element is a possessive adjective from the noun ''podreka'' 'patriarch'. In the Middle Ages the village was a property of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, and so the name refers to historical ownership. A small rise near the settlement known as Abbot's Hill ( sl, Opatji hrib) is also reminiscent of this ecclesiastical heritage.

History

In 1929 a monument was set up behind the church, marking the former site of the house where the Slovene poet and writer

Simon Jenko Simon Jenko (October 27, 1835 – October 18, 1869) was a Slovene poet, lyricist and writer. Jenko was born in Podreča in the Sora Plain (''Sorško polje'') in Upper Carniola, then part of the Austrian Empire, now in Slovenia, as an illegit ...

(1835–1869) was born. There were formerly a sawmill and grain mill in the village, but these sites were flooded when the Sava River was dammed for the Medvode hydroelectric plant in 1953, raising the water level by .

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saints

Cantius, Cantianus, and Cantianilla Saints Cantius, Cantianus, and Cantianilla (all died May 31, circa 304 AD) are venerated as saints and martyrs by the Christian church. Narrative A late legend states that the three were orphaned siblings, members of a noble Roman family, th ...

.Družina RC Church journal site
/ref> It dates from 1854 and was restored after the

1895 Ljubljana earthquake An earthquake struck Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Carniola, a crown land of Austria-Hungary and the capital of modern-day Slovenia, on Easter Sunday, 14 April 1895. It was the most, and the last, destructive earthquake in the area ...

. The church contains an altar created by one of the Goetzls in 1874.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Podreča include: *

(1835–1869), poet and writer

References

External links

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Podreča on Geopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Podreca Populated places in the City Municipality of Kranj