Podgora () is a former settlement in central

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in the northwest part of the capital

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. It belongs to the

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of the

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. It is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the

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Geography

Podgora lies south of Šentvid, between Klagenfurt Street (''Celovška cesta'') and Gradišče Hill (441 m) along the old road to

Pržan Pržan (, sometimes ''Pržanj'',Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 386. in older sources also ''Peržanj'Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, ...

.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 385–386. A creek rises from a spring above the village and follows a ditch along the main road, where much residential housing was built after the Second World War.

Name

Podgora was attested in historical sources as ''vnder dem perg ... in sand Veits pharr'' in 1414, ''zum Perg'', in 1453 and ''vntterm Perg'' in 1496, among other spellings. The name ''Podgora'' is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost its case inflection (from ''pod'' 'below' + ''gora'' 'mountain'), literally meaning 'below the mountain'. Place names like ''Podgora'' (e.g., ''

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'', '' Podgorje'') are relatively common in Slovenia.

History

Podgora was annexed by Šentvid in 1961, ending its existence as an independent settlement.''Spremembe naselij 1948–95''. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS. The Megrad factory, which produced industrial furnaces, was established in Podgrad in 1963. There was also a hatchery for the Emona company in the village. Podgora became part of Ljubljana when Šentvid was annexed by Ljubljana in 1974.

Notable people

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

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(1895–1956), writer *

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(1856–1892), merchant * Ivan Knez (1853–1926), merchant *

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(1895–1980), singer

References

External links

Podgora on Geopedia
Localities of Ljubljana Šentvid District {{Ljubljana-geo-stub