Podhom

Podhom

Podhom

Place in Upper Carniola, Slovenia

Podhom (pronounced [ˈpoːtxɔm]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Gorje in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. In addition to the main settlement, it also consists of the hamlets of Spodnji Graben, Gabrce, Vintgar, and Vršce to the west.[2]

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Name

The name Podhom is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost its case ending, from pod 'below' + Hom 'Hom Hill'. Hom Hill (834 m) stands north of Podhom.[3] The name Podhom therefore literally means 'below Hom Hill'.[4] Podhom was known as Buchheim in German in the past.[5]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Podhom include:

  • Albin Belar [sl] (1864–1939), seismologist[2]
  • Andrej Žumer [sl] (1847–1903), teacher and editor[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. [2]
    Savnik, Roman (1968). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 1. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 286.
  3. [3]
    Hom Hill on Geopedia Archived 2012-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. p. 161.
  5. [5]
    Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung, no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 16.


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