Podvolovljek () is a settlement in the

Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Luče Luče (; sometimes ''Luče ob Savinji'', german: Leutsch) is the largest settlement and the centre of the Municipality of Luče in northern Slovenia. It belongs to the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Savinja Statistical Regi ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

. The area belongs to the traditional region of

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

and is now included in the

Savinja Statistical Region The Savinja Statistical Region ( sl, Savinjska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly com ...

Name

The name ''Podvolovljek'' is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost case inflection, from ''pod'' 'below' + ''Volovljek''. Volovljek is a mountain pass at south of the settlement as well as the name of a creek that flows south from a spring east of the pass. The name ''Volovljek'' is derived from the common noun ''vol'' 'ox'. The pass was recorded as ''Ochsenperg'' (literally, 'ox mountain') in 1278.

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Anthony the Hermit and belongs to the

Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

of Luče. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1631.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 3126

References

External links

Podvolovljek on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Luče {{Luče-geo-stub