Postaja () is a settlement on the left bank of the Idrijca River, southeast of

Most na Soči Most na Soči (; formerly ''Sveta Lucija'' or ''Sveta Lucija na Mostu'', german: Sankt Luzia) is a town in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It is located on a rocky crest above the confluence of Soča and Idrijca rive ...

, in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It includes the hamlets of Na Lazih ( sl, Na lazih) and Klohe. The

train station is located in Postaja.

Name

Until 1937, Postaja was a hamlet of Sveta Lucija ob Soči (later renamed ''Most na Soči'') and its house numbers were continuous with that of the main town. Postaja received its own house numbering system in 1938 even though it still had no official name, and it was referred to as the "Sveta Lucija ob Soči railroad station" or simply "the station" ( sl, postaja). The name ''Postaja'' became the official name of the settlement in 1952.

History

The Austrian authorities built a fortification to protect the

railroad bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

belonging to the Bohinj Railway on the east edge of the settlement. After the First World War, the fortification was used by the Italian army for housing and to store weapons.

Railway bridge

There is an imposing railway bridge belonging to the Bohinj Railway over the Idrijca in the settlement and in the nearby settlement of

Bača pri Modreju Bača pri Modreju ( or ; in older sources also ''Bača pri Modreji'') is a village in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It lies at the confluence of the Bača River with the Idrijca River, which in turn joins the Soč ...

. It is the longest and largest such structure along the entire lineInformation sign posted at the fortification in Postaja. and has seven arches.

References

External links

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Postaja on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Tolmin {{Tolmin-geo-stub