The name of the settlement was changed from Podsmreka to Podsmreka pri Višnji Gori in 1953.[3]
Podsmreka Castle
Podsmreka castle (German: Schloß Smreck) is a 16th-century manor house that stands east of the settlement between the A2 motorway and a gravel pit.
Among its former owners were the Paradaiser, Blagay, Lamberg, and Lichtenberg noble families. Later the manor was owned by the "Barons" of Roschütz, a family involved in a late 19th-century scandal in Carniola, when it was revealed that the patriarch, Baron Filip Roschütz was not a nobleman at all. He had invented both his title and his ancestry, which was a criminal act in the Habsburg empire. His son Emil Roschütz (later Emil Ravenegg), a renowned apiarist, played an important role in establishing and promoting beekeeping in Carniola.[4]
The manor complex was built in an unusual E-shape, with five wings partly surrounding two quadrangles. The western half of the complex contained the luxurious living quarters. Remains of Renaissance arcades are visible in the quad-facing wall of the south wing. The eastern half of the complex was much more utilitarian, consisting of stables and various outbuildings. There is a stone well dated to 1799 in the imposing western courtyard. A concrete wall separates the two courtyards from the access road.[5]
