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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Podlehnik > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Podlehnik.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podlehnik > Source revision: 1288125181 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Podlehnik |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = |motto = |image_skyline = Postcard of Podlehnik.jpg |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = |image_flag = Flag of Podlehnik.svg |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = Coat of arms of Podlehnik.svg |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = ||pushpin_map = Slovenia |pushpin_label_position = left |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Slovenia |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = 25px [Slovenia](/source/Slovenia) |subdivision_type1 = Traditional region |subdivision_name1 = [Styria](/source/Lower_Styria) |subdivision_type2 = [Statistical region](/source/Statistical_regions_of_Slovenia) |subdivision_name2 = [Drava](/source/Drava_Statistical_Region) |subdivision_type3 = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Slovenia) |subdivision_name3 = [Podlehnik](/source/Municipality_of_Podlehnik) |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 4.19 |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2018 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 378 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|46|20|10|N|15|52|43|E|region:SI|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 300.0 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = [http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia] }} '''Podlehnik''' ({{IPA|sl|pɔˈdleːxnik|pron}}; {{langx|de|Lichtenegg}}{{cite book |title=Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko |date=1904 |publisher=C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna |location=Vienna |page=238}}) is a settlement in the [Haloze](/source/Haloze) Hills in eastern [Slovenia](/source/Slovenia). It is the seat of the [Municipality of Podlehnik](/source/Municipality_of_Podlehnik). The area traditionally belonged to the region of [Styria](/source/Lower_Styria). It is now included in the [Drava Statistical Region](/source/Drava_Statistical_Region). ==Name== Podlehnik was attested in historical sources as ''Lihteneck'' and ''Leichtenekke'' in 1259–1260, as ''Lihtneck'' in 1297, and as ''Liehtneck'' in 1308, among other variants.{{cite book |last1=Blaznik |first1=Pavle |last2=Mihelič |first2=Darja |title=Slovenska Štajerska in jugoslovanski del Koroške do leta 1500 |date=1986 |publisher=Obzorja |location=Maribor |page=98}}{{cite book |last1=Snoj |first1=Marko |title=Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen |date=2009 |publisher=Modrijan |location=Ljubljana |page=313}} The Slovene name is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost case inflection: ''pod'' 'under' + ''Lehnik'', referring to the location of the village below Lehnik Castle. The name of the castle ({{langx|de|Li(e)chtenegg}}) is a compound from [Middle High German](/source/Middle_High_German) ''lieht'' 'light, bright' + ''egge'' 'hill, peak', thus meaning 'castle on a bright/sunny hill'. The Slovene change of the ending from -''negg'' to -''nik'' is an example of [folk etymology](/source/folk_etymology) based on analogy with many other toponyms ending in -''nik''. ==History== The settlement developed around 13th-century Lehnik Castle. The castle was destroyed during [Ottoman raids](/source/Ottoman_Wars_in_Europe) in 1532 and very few traces of it remain (foundations of a tower and a defense ditch).[http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage] reference number 537 What was originally the [castle chapel](/source/castle_chapel) is now the local church, dedicated to the [Virgin Mary](/source/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus)), and was expanded in the 16th and 18th centuries.[http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage] reference number 3462 ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.geopedia.world/#T12_L362_F2473:4231_x1767969.3369110618_y5835117.403571621_s15_b2345 Podlehnik on Geopedia] {{Podlehnik}} Category:Populated places in the Municipality of Podlehnik {{Podlehnik-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Podlehnik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podlehnik) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podlehnik?action=history)). 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