Tošč () is the highest hill in the

Polhov Gradec Hills The Polhov Gradec Hills ( sl, Polhograjsko hribovje, also , , and ) are a pre-Alpine hilly region of northwestern Slovenia. To the north they border the Škofja Loka Hills, and to the south they border the Ljubljana Basin and the Ljubljana Marsh. ...

. The neighbouring hill Pasja Ravan () used to be the highest before

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reduced its height by eight meters in the 1970s.

Name

Like nearby

Toško Čelo Toško Čelo () is a dispersed settlement on the slope of the hill known as Tošč Face ( sl, Toško čelo), part of the Polhov Gradec Hills, west of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper C ...

, the name ''Tošč'' is ultimately derived from the Slovene adjective 'fat', referring to the mountain's wide base and gentle summit. No medieval transcriptions of the name are known, but it probably developed from a form such as *''Tolstič'' 'the fat one'.

Routes

* 1h from Selo * 1h from Kmetija Gonte farm * 2½h from

Polhov Gradec Polhov Gradec (; german: Billichgra(t)z''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 118.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov G ...

over Grmada * 2¼h from

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over Grmada * 2h from Topol * 1¾h from Polhov Gradec through Mačkov Graben * 1¼h from Rovtar Farm * 1¾h from Mihelčič Lodge at Govejek * 1½h from Trnovec

References

External links

Tošč on Geopedia.si
(maps, aerial photos)
Tošč on Hribi.net Routes and photos (slo)
Mountains of Upper Carniola One-thousanders of Slovenia Municipality of Škofja Loka {{Slovenia-geo-stub