Podlonk (; ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. In January 2026, the population was 154.
Geography
Podlonk is a scattered village located on slanted terraces on the eastern slopes of the Ratitovec Ridge. Lonk Hill (elevation ) stands immediately east of the village. The village includes the hamlet of Draboslovica to the southeast. To the north, the territory of the village extends to Ledine, an ombrotrophic bog on the Jelovica Plateau measuring at an elevation of .
Name Podlonk was originally known as Pod planino (literally 'below the mnountain pasture'), attested in 1291 as Potplanino. The modern name Podlonk is a fused prepositional phrase that has lost case inflection: pod 'below' + Lonk, referring to Lonk Hill. That name was attested (with case inflection) as Podlannkam in 1485–1490 and as Podlomkom in 1500. The settlement was known as Podlong in German.
References
External links
Podlonk on Geopedia