Podroje
Podroje is located in Slovenia
Podroje
Podroje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°1′20.79″N 14°49′12.27″E / 46.0224417°N 14.8200750°E / 46.0224417; 14.8200750
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionLower Carniola
Statistical regionCentral Slovenia
MunicipalityŠmartno pri Litiji
Area
  Total2.04 km2 (0.79 sq mi)
Elevation
335.4 m (1,100.4 ft)
Population
 (2002)
  Total118
[1]

Podroje (pronounced [pɔˈdɾoːjɛ]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji in central Slovenia. It lies in the hills southwest of Šmartno. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[2]

An Iron Age hillfort has been identified on Roje Hill above the settlement.[3]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Podroje include:

  • Davorin Hostnik (a.k.a. Trnovski;[4] 1853–1929), writer[5][6]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Šmartno pri Litiji municipal site
  3. "EŠD 19946". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  4. Ludvik, Dušan. 1978. Srednjeveške in staronemške verzne oblike. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 11.
  5. Slovenska biografija: Davorin Hostnik.
  6. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 275.
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