Podrečje
Podrečje is a settlement on the left bank of the Kamnik Bistrica River opposite Domžale in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Geography
Podrečje is a scattered village bounded by the roads from Domžale to Vir and from Vir to Dol pri Ljubljani. The Rača River, a tributary of the Kamnik Bistrica, flows south of the settlement. Beyond the Rača, Šumberk Hill rises to the southwest, and Tičnica Hill to the southeast. The hamlet of Podšumberk stands below Šumberk Hill. Mlinščica Creek, a tributary of the Rača River, flows through the eastern part of the settlement. There are a few tilled fileds in the settlement. The terrain has a karst character; above the quarry near the bridge below Šumberk Hill there was Podrečje Cave, now destroyed. Southwest of it are Long Cave, and Bezjak Cave is located on Tičnica Hill.Name
Podrečje was attested in historical sources as Patriarchali villa in 1437 and Pattriarchsdorff in 1464. The original Slovene name can be reconstructed as *Podreča 'patriarch ', in which the first part is a possessive adjective from the common noun podreka 'patriarch'. The name refers to ownership of the village in the Middle Ages by the Patriarchate of Aquileia.History
Various finds attest to prehistoric settlement in the area. In 1893, a stone axe was found on Šumberk Hill, and in 1953 a quartz scraper, parts of a quern, and animal teeth were found in the quarry. A bronze dagger was found in gravel about south of the village in 1956 during excavation of the channel of the Kamnik Bistrica River.During the Second World War, German forces executed five hostages on the bridge over the Kamnik Bistrica River on September 3, 1941. There was a Partisan checkpoint at the sawmill at the Kerč farm from 1942 to 1945. On September 20, 1944, Home Guard forces executed three communist agitators along the road from Vir to Ihan.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Podrečje include the following:- , poet