# Podkonice

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**Podkonice** (Hungarian: *Padkóc*) is a [village](/source/Village) and [municipality](/source/Municipality) in [Banská Bystrica District](/source/Bansk%C3%A1_Bystrica_District) in the [Banská Bystrica Region](/source/Bansk%C3%A1_Bystrica_Region) of central [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia).

## Etymology

[Slovak](/source/Slovak_language) *konica* (archaic) - a [stable](/source/Stable) or a shelter for shoeing horses. Podkonica - a nearby location. *Koknicze* 1340, *Podkonicze* 1441, *Potkonycz* 1528, *Potkonicz* 1773, *Podkonice* 1920.[2]

## History

In [historical records](/source/History) the village was first mentioned in the charter of King [Karol Robert](/source/Karol_Robert) in the year 1340, where it is mentioned as "possessio Connyce". The village was possibly created on, or closeby the remains of an older settlement before 1250 as a vassal village while [Ľupča Castle](/source/%C4%BDup%C4%8Da_Castle) was being built.

In the beginning, [Ľupča Castle](/source/%C4%BDup%C4%8Da_Castle) did not only have a defensive function, but also served as accommodation for the king and his party during hunting trips in the large parts of the [Zvolenské](/source/Zvolen_District) forest (encroaching on the farmstead areas of the present-day villages of [Slovenská Ľupča](/source/Slovensk%C3%A1_%C4%BDup%C4%8Da), Podkonice, [Priechod](/source/Priechod) and [Moštenica](/source/Mo%C5%A1tenica)).

The inhabitants of Konice at the time were forced to move for some unknown reason. It is assumed that the relocation of the village from where it once stood, to today's area took place at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, specifically in the first quarter to the first third of the 14th century at the latest. The old name of the village was still used for some time, or was used alongside the new name currently used today, Podkonice, signifying its close by proximity to the new area.[3]

## Geography

Podkonice is part of a group of mountainous type villages in the [Banská Bystrica region](/source/Bansk%C3%A1_Bystrica_Region). The village is located at the foot of the southern slopes of the Low Tatras at an altitude of 520 metres (1,710 ft) above sea level. It belongs to the Banská Bystrica District and is also part of the Central Slovak mountain region of folk culture. In March 2000, the village became a member of the "Microregion pod Panský dielom". The bordering municipalities of [Baláže](/source/Bal%C3%A1%C5%BEe), [Kynceľová](/source/Kynce%C4%BEov%C3%A1), [Nemce](/source/Nemce), Podkonice, [Priechod](/source/Priechod), [Selce](/source/Selce,_Bansk%C3%A1_Bystrica_District), [Slovenská Ľupča](/source/Slovensk%C3%A1_%C4%BDup%C4%8Da), and [Špania Dolina](/source/%C5%A0pania_Dolina) are the other members of the [microregion](/source/Microregion). The total area of this microregion is 110 km2 (42 sq mi), it lies in the altitude range of 360 - 1250 m above sea level, and its member villages are home to approximately 8250 inhabitants.[3] The common goal of the microregion's municipalities is partnership and cooperation in the field of tourism, solving issues of employment, and civic amenities, solving environmental problems and preserving folk and local traditions.[4]

## Population

It has a population of people (31 December ).

## Sport

[FK Podkonice](/source/FK_Podkonice)[5] - football club currently competing in 3rd league - group west ([3. Liga (Slovakia)](/source/3._Liga_(Slovakia)))

## References

1. ["Základná charakteristika"](http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_SK_WIN/om5001rr/v_om5001rr_00_00_00_sk) (in Slovak). *www.statistics.sk*. Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.

1. Krajčovič, Rudolf (2015). "Z lexiky stredovekej slovenčiny s výkladmi názvov obcí a miest (49)" (in Slovak). *Kultúra slova*. '***(1): 29. Martin: Vydavateľstvo Matice slovenskej.***

1. ["História obce - Oficiální stránky obce Podkonice"](https://www.podkonice.sk/obec/historia-obce/). *www.podkonice.sk*. Retrieved 2024-10-12.

1. Belčáková, Ingrid; Rácz, Attila; Ollerová, Hana; Spodniaková, Lucia (2023-05-01). ["Sustainable Tourism Planning on Landscape Scale: Case Study from Slovakia (Central Europe)"](https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/jlecol-2023-0003). *Journal of Landscape Ecology*. **16** (1): 38–65. [doi:10.2478/jlecol-2023-0003](https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2023-0003). [ISSN 1805-4196](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1805-4196)

1. ["FK Podkonice - Oficiální stránky obce Podkonice"](https://www.podkonice.sk/kultura-a-sport/fk-podkonice/). *www.podkonice.sk*. Retrieved 2024-10-12.

## External links

- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110817033906/http://www.podkonice.sk/index1.htm](https://web.archive.org/web/20110817033906/http://www.podkonice.sk/index1.htm)

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