Podgrad, Ilirska Bistrica

Podgrad
Village
Podgrad in 1955
Podgrad
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°31′20.24″N 14°8′34.29″E / 45.5222889°N 14.1428583°E / 45.5222889; 14.1428583Coordinates: 45°31′20.24″N 14°8′34.29″E / 45.5222889°N 14.1428583°E / 45.5222889; 14.1428583
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Inner Carniola
Statistical region Littoral–Inner Carniola
Municipality Ilirska Bistrica
Area
 • Total 12.6 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Elevation 548.3 m (1,798.9 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 607
[1]

Podgrad (pronounced [pɔdˈɡɾaːt] or [ˈpɔːdɡɾat], Italian: Castelnuovo,[2] German: Neuhaus[3]) is a village southwest of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia.[4]

Unmarked grave

Podgrad is the site of an unmarked grave from the end of the Second World War. The Cemetery Grave (Slovene: Grobišče na pokopališču) is located in the village cemetery and contains the remains of a German soldier from the 97th Corps that fell at the beginning of May 1945. Its exact location is unknown.[5]

Churches

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saints Cyril and Methodius and belongs to the Koper Diocese. There is a second church in the settlement dedicated to Saint James.[6]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Podgrad include:

  • Radovan Gobec (1909–1995), composer

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Spezialortsrepertorium der österreichischen Länder. Bearbeiten auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszälung vom 31. Dezember 1910, vol. 7: Österreichisch-Illyrisches Küstenland. Vienna: K. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 1918. p. 59.
  3. ↑ Stopar, Ivan (2007). Grajske stavbe v osrednji Sloveniji. III. Notranjska. Porečje reke z Brkini. Ljubljana: Viharnik. p. 203.
  4. ↑ Ilirska Bistrica municipal site
  5. ↑ Cemetery Grave on Geopedia (in Slovene)
  6. ↑ Koper Diocese list of churches Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine.
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