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Tošč, the highest peak of the Polhov Gradec Hills

The Polhov Gradec Hills (Slovene: Polhograjsko hribovje, also Polhograjski Dolomiti, Polhograjci, and Pograjci) are a pre-Alpine hilly region of northwestern Slovenia. To the north they border the Škofja Loka Hills, and to the south they border the Ljubljana Basin and the Ljubljana Marsh. The largest watercourse is the Gradaščica River. In 1971, a proposal was put forward to protect the region as a nature park, but it was never formally adopted.^[1]

Name

The hills are named after Polhov Gradec, the central settlement in the range. In German, they were known as the Billichgra(t)zer Gebirge^[2]^[3] or Billichgra(t)zer Bergen^[4]^[5] (both based on the German name for Polhov Gradec). Slovene geographers have rejected the Slovene name Polhograjski Dolomiti (literally, Polhov Gradec Dolomites) as inappropriate.^[6]

Peaks

Tošč (1,021 m or 3,350 ft)
Pasja Ravan (1,020 m or 3,350 ft)
Grmada (898 m or 2,946 ft)
Mount Polhov Gradec (Polhograjska gora), also Mount St. Lawrence (Gora sv. Lovrenca; 824 m or 2,703 ft)

References

^ Doles, Maja (2008). Krajinski park v času: Primer Krajinski park Polhograjski Dolomiti: diplomsko delo [Landscape Park in the Course of Time: Case Study Landscape Park Polhov Gradec Dolomites: Graduation Thesis [sic]] (PDF). Department of Landscape Architecture, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana.
^ Müllner, Alfons (1879). Emona: archaeologische Studien aus Krain. Ljubljana: Kleinmayr. p. 10.
^ Sima, Johann (1892). Im Billichgrazer Gebirge: Berg- und Talwanderungen. Ljubljana.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Die Österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild. Vol. 8: Kärnten und Krain. Vienna: Druck und Verlag der k. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 1891. p. 279.
^ Voss, Wilhelm (1884). Versuch einer Geschichte der Botanik in Krain (1754 bis 1883). Ljubljana: Kleinmayr. p. 47.
^ Gabrovec, Matej (1990). "Pomen reliefa za geografsko podobo Polhograjskega hribovja". Geografski Zbornik. 30: 11. Retrieved December 1, 2022.