Podstran

Podstran
Podstran Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°8′39.38″N 14°43′46.52″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Central Slovenia
Municipality	Moravče
Area
• Total	0.82 km^2 (0.32 sq mi)
Elevation	393.8 m (1,292.0 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	45
[1]

Podstran (pronounced [ˈpoːtstɾan]) is a settlement north of Moravče in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. It is now included with the rest of the Municipality of Moravče in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.^[2] It includes the hamlet of Sveti Mohor (German: Sankt Hermagor^[3]).^[4]

Name

Podstran was attested in historical sources as Seydendorf in 1386 and Salog in 1496, among other variants.^[5]

History

The hamlet of Sveti Mohor, where the village church dedicated to Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus stands, was annexed by Podstran in 1953.^[6]

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Moravče municipal site
3. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 20.
4. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 99.
5. "Podstran". Slovenska historična topografija. ZRC SAZU Zgodovinski inštitut Milka Kosa. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
6. Marinković, Dragan (1991). Abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ. Promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948–1990. Belgrade: Savezni zavod za statistiku. pp. 79, 101.

External links

• Media related to Podstran at Wikimedia Commons
• Podstran on Geopedia