Podljubelj ( or ; [ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 66.]) is a settlement on the road to the Loiblpass in the Municipality of Tržič in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from
Sveta Ana pod Ljubeljem (literally, 'Saint Anne below Ljubelj') to
Podljubelj (literally, 'below Ljubelj') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.
[ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.][Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.][Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.] In the past the German name was
Sankt Anna.
Church
The local church, dedicated to
Saint Anne, stands right by the entrance to the Ljubelj Tunnel.
Tominc Falls
On White Creek (), a right tributary of Mošenik Creek, there is an easily reachable waterfall called Tominc Falls (). It is a tourist attraction during high-flow conditions.
Mine
In the hamlet of Lajba above the village is an abandoned
cinnabar mine called Saint Anne's Mine () and parts of it have been made accessible to visitors.
[ Slovenian Tourist Board site]
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