Podgrad, Ilirska Bistrica

Podgrad
Podgrad
Village
	Podgrad in 2018
	Podgrad Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 45°31′20.24″N 14°8′34.29″E / 45.5222889°N 14.1428583°E
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

Podgrad (pronounced [pɔdˈɡɾáːt, ˈpɔ̀ːdɡɾat]; 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

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Spezialortsrepertorium der österreichischen Länder. Bearbeitet auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910, vol. 7: Österreichisch-Illyrisches Küstenland. Vienna: K. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 1918. p. 59.
^ Stopar, Ivan (2007). Grajske stavbe v osrednji Sloveniji. III. Notranjska. Porečje reke z Brkini. Ljubljana: Viharnik. p. 203.
^ Ilirska Bistrica municipal site
^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče na pokopališču". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
^ Koper Diocese list of churches Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Media related to Podgrad at Wikimedia Commons
Podgrad on Geopedia
Podgrad Local Community site

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[1] Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

[2] Spezialortsrepertorium der österreichischen Länder. Bearbeitet auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung 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] Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče na pokopališču". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved November 12, 2023.

[6] Koper Diocese list of churches Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine

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