Podgrad, Ilirska Bistrica

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]

Podgrad
Village
Podgrad in 2018
Podgrad
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°31′20.24″N 14°8′34.29″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionInner Carniola
Statistical regionLittoral–Inner Carniola
MunicipalityIlirska Bistrica
Area
 • Total12.6 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Elevation
548.3 m (1,798.9 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total607
[1]

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
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gollark: It's much *less* crazily complex than C++.
gollark: *does not like C++*
gollark: Probably JS, though.
gollark: Well, loads of languages now have webby tooling.

References
  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. Cemetery Grave on Geopedia (in Slovene)
  6. Koper Diocese list of churches Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine


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