Podgora lies south of Šentvid, between Klagenfurt Street (Celovška cesta) and Gradišče Hill (441 m) along the old road to Pržan.[1][2] A creek rises from a spring above the village and follows a ditch along the main road, where much residential housing was built after the Second World War.[2]
Name
Podgora was attested in historical sources as vnder dem perg ... in sand Veits pharr in 1414, zum Perg, in 1453 and vntterm Perg in 1496, among other spellings.[3] The name Podgora is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost its case inflection (from pod 'below' + gora 'mountain'), literally meaning 'below the mountain'. Place names like Podgora (e.g., Podgorica, Podgorje) are relatively common in Slovenia.[4]
History
Podgora was annexed by Šentvid in 1961, ending its existence as an independent settlement.[5] The Megrad factory, which produced industrial furnaces, was established in Podgrad in 1963.[2] There was also a hatchery for the Emona company in the village.[2] Podgora became part of Ljubljana when Šentvid was annexed by Ljubljana in 1974.[5]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Podgora include:
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