Podpulfrca

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Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°9′20.03″N14°17′42.57″E / 46.1555639°N 14.2951583°E / 46.1555639; 14.2951583 Coordinates: 46°9′20.03″N14°17′42.57″E / 46.1555639°N 14.2951583°E / 46.1555639; 14.2951583
Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional region Upper Carniola
Statistical region Upper Carniola
Municipality Škofja Loka
Area
  Total0.46 km2 (0.18 sq mi)
Elevation
360 m (1,180 ft)
Population
(2002)
  Total38
[1]

Podpulfrca (pronounced  [pɔtˈpuːlfəɾtsa] , in older sources Podpurflica [2] ) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Municipality of Škofja Loka Municipality in Slovenia

The Municipality of Škofja Loka is a municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Škofja Loka. The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October 1994, when the former larger Municipality of Škofja Loka was subdivided into the municipalities of Gorenja Vas–Poljane, Škofja Loka, Železniki, and Žiri.

Upper Carniola

Upper Carniola is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jesenice, Tržič, Škofja Loka, Kamnik, and Domžale. It has around 300,000 inhabitants or 14% of the population of Slovenia.

Slovenia republic in Central Europe

Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a sovereign state located in southern Central Europe at a crossroads of important European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, of the European Union, and of NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.

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Name

Podpulfrca is also known as Podpurfelca in the local dialect. [3] The name is a fused prepositional phrase: pod 'below' + pulfrca 'gunpowder mill'. The latter element refers from a stamp mill used for producing gunpowder that was located there, and in 1584 the name of the village was recorded as Pulferstamph 'gunpowder mill' (i.e., German Pulverstampf). [3] [4]

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References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 65.
  3. 1 2 Planina, France (1981). "Imena naselij v loški občini". Loški razgledi. 28 (1): 212, 224. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  4. Pokorn, Franc (1894). "Loka". Dom in svet. 7: 182. Retrieved January 1, 2019.