Bača pri Podbrdu () is a

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above

Podbrdo Podbrdo (; it, Piedicolle, german: Untereck) is a settlement in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It lies in narrow valley of the Bača River, next to the Bohinj Railway line at the end of the longest railway tu ...

in the

Municipality of Tolmin The Municipality of Tolmin (; sl, Občina Tolmin) is a municipality in northwestern Slovenia. Its seat and largest settlement is Tolmin. History In ancient times the area was inhabited by the Illyrians and then by the Romans. In the 6th century ...

in the

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region of

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. It lies on the southern slopes of Mount Kobla and is a popular starting point for

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trips into the surrounding peaks of the southern

Julian Alps The Julian Alps ( sl, Julijske Alpe, it, Alpi Giulie, , ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretch from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia. A large p ...

. The local church is dedicated to

Saint Leonard Leonard of Noblac (also Leonard of Limoges or Leonard of Noblet; also known as Lienard, Linhart, Leonhard, Léonard, Leonardo, Annard; died 559), is a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, in Haut ...

and belongs to the

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of Podbrdo.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Bača'' to ''Bača pri Podbrdu'' (literally, 'Bača near Podbrdo') in 1955, distinguishing it from nearby

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 ...

. The settlement was attested as ''Binchinvel'' in 1377. The origin of the name ''Bača'' is uncertain; it may be derived from the Slavic root *''bač-'', referring to a wet or damp place, or, less likely, from a personal name.

References

External links

Bača pri Podbrdu on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Tolmin {{Tolmin-geo-stub