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Podgorje pri Pišecah
Podgorje pri Pišecah
	Podgorje pri Pišecah Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 45°59′42.99″N 15°39′46″E / 45.9952750°N 15.66278°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Lower Sava
Municipality	Brežice
Area
• Total	6.41 km2 (2.47 sq mi)
Elevation	180.7 m (592.8 ft)
Population (2020)
• Total	187
• Density	29/km2 (76/sq mi)

Podgorje pri Pišecah (pronounced [pɔdˈɡoːɾjɛ pɾi piˈʃeːtsax]) is a settlement in the hills west of Bizeljsko in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.^[2]

Geography

Podgorje pri Pišecah is a scattered settlement extending from the Dramlja Valley in the southeast to the Orlica Hills in the northwest, rising to the village's highest point at Big Peak (Slovene: Veliki vrh, 698 meters or 2,290 feet). It includes the hamlets of Banovec (German: Wukanitz), Brestovec, Debevec, Dramlje, Gradec, Kočni Dol, Okrog, Perdislovec (German: Perdislowetz), Vrh, Zagajca, and Zibot(i) (German: Sibot).^[3] Most of the settlement lies along the road from Pišece to Bizeljsko and on side roads extending into the vineyards.^[4]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Podgorje to Podgorje pri Pišecah in 1953.^[5]

History

During the Second World War, the Partisans operated a courier station at the Ulčnik farm in the village. In August 1944, Ustaša forces attacked the village, burning three farms and the village wine cellar.^[4]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Brežice municipal site
^ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1904. p. 9.
^ ^a ^b Savnik, Roman (1976). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 3. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 42.
^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.