Podbrdo, Tolmin

Podbrdo (pronounced [pɔdˈbəɾdɔ]; Italian: Piedicolle,[2] German: Untereck) is a settlement in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.[3] It lies in narrow valley of the Bača River, next to the Bohinj Railway line at the end of the longest railway tunnel in Slovenia (6,327.3 m) and next to the road from Bohinjska Bistrica and Železniki across Petrovo Brdo towards Most na Soči.

Podbrdo
Podbrdo
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°12′35.97″N 13°58′22.08″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionSlovenian Littoral
Statistical regionGorizia
MunicipalityTolmin
Area
 • Total5.44 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Elevation
535.3 m (1,756.2 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total725
[1]

History

The settlement was founded in the 16th century by German-speaking settlers from Tyrol, but the area was settled earlier. The nearby settlement of Bača pri Podbrdu was first mentioned in the 14th century as Binchinuel.

Church
Exterior
Chancel
Ceiling
Saint Nicholas's Church

The most important building in the village is the parish church; it is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Diocese of Koper.[4] It dates from the Baroque period.

Other cultural heritage

Podbrdo railway station, on the Bohinj Railway, was a border crossing point between the Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between World War I and World War II.

There are also many 19th-century houses, a monument to the workers that died during construction of the railway tunnel, and memorials to the uprising against fascism (between World War I and World War II, when Podbrdo, then named Piedicolle, was part of Italy).

Natural heritage

Podbrdo is surrounded by many attractive mountains such as Slatnik (1589 m), Lajnar (1549 m), Bača Peak (Vrh Bače, 1281 m), Črna Prst (1844 m), Kobla (1498 m), and Porezen (1622 m).
The sunny side of Črna Prst has attracted botanists for more than 200 years. In the mountain meadows it is possible to find a number of rare species:

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Italy and the Jugoslav Minority within Her Borders. Ljubljana: Minorities Institute. 1931. p. 58. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  3. Tolmin municipal site
  4. Koper Diocese list of churches Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
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