Podvolovljek () is a settlement in the

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Luče Luče (; sometimes ''Luče ob Savinji'', ) is the largest settlement and the centre of the Municipality of Luče in northern Slovenia. It belongs to the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. Geography ...

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. The area belongs to the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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Name

The name ''Podvolovljek'' is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost case inflection, from ''pod'' 'below' + ''Volovljek''. Volovljek is a mountain pass at south of the settlement as well as the name of a creek that flows south from a spring east of the pass. The name ''Volovljek'' is derived from the common noun ''vol'' 'ox'. The pass was recorded as ''Ochsenperg'' (literally, 'ox mountain') in 1278.

Church

The local church is dedicated to Saint Anthony the Hermit and belongs to the

Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

of Luče. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1631.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 3126

References

External links

Podvolovljek on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Luče {{Luče-geo-stub