Podlonk

Podlonk
Podlonk
Village
	Podlonk Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°13′59.24″N 14°7′31.77″E / 46.2331222°N 14.1254917°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional Region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Upper Carniola
Municipality	Železniki
Elevation	772.4 m (2,534.1 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	159

Podlonk (pronounced [pɔˈdlɔːŋk]; German: Podlong^[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Name

The name Podlonk is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost case inflection: pod 'below' + Lonk, referring to Lonk Hill (elevation 786 meters or 2,579 feet) immediately east of the village. The settlement was known as Podlong in German.^[2]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ ^a ^b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 62.

External links

Media related to Podlonk at Wikimedia Commons
Podlonk on Geopedia

[1] Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

[Leksikon-2] Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 62.

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