Podolševa ( or ; formerly ''Sveti Duh'', ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 47.) is a

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in the

Municipality of Solčava The Municipality of Solčava (; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Upper Carniola in northern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Solčava. Solčava became a municipality in 1998. It borders Austria. Settlements I ...

in northern

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. The area belongs to the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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Geography

The territory of the settlement includes

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(), named after the Potok Farm. The archaeologist Srečko Brodar carried out excavations at Potok Cave. The Bukovnik farm in the eastern part of the settlement, which lies at an elevation of , is the highest-elevation farm in Slovenia.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Duh'' (literally, 'Holy Spirit'), referring the local church, to ''Podolševa'' in 1953. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The name ''Podolševa'' is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost its case inflection, from ''pod'' 'below' + ''

Olševa Mount Olševa (; German ''Olschewa'') is a ridge mountain in the eastern part of the Karawanks near the border with Austria. The mountain separates Carinthia from Styria. Its highest point, Govca, is high. Other peaks along the ridge are ''Obe ...

'', thus referring to the settlement's location below Mount Olševa. In the past the German name was ''Heiligengeist''.

Church

The local church is dedicated to the

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and belongs to the

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of Solčava. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1631.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 3382

References

External links

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Podolševa on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Solčava {{Solčava-geo-stub