Spodnji_Pokštajn

Spodnji Pokštajn

Spodnji Pokštajn

Place in Lower Carniola, Slovenia

Spodnji Pokštajn (pronounced [ˈspoːdnji ˈpoːkʃtai̯n]; also Spodnji Pokštanj,[1][2] German: Unterpockstein[2]) is a former village in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3] Its territory is now part of the village of Podlesje.[4]

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History

Together with Verdreng, Zgornji Pokštajn, and Lapinje, it was merged into the settlement of Podlesje in 1955.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Preimovanje, dopolnitve in popravki nekaterih krajevnih imen." 1955. Dolenjski list 8(25) (1 July): 4. (in Slovene)
  2. [2]
    Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  3. [3]
    Kočevje municipal site
  4. [4]
    Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 236–237.


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