Podnanos

Podnanos (pronounced [pɔˈdnaːnɔs]; formerly Šent Vid or Šentvid (nad Vipavo), German: Sct. Veit,[2] Italian: San Vito di Vipacco) is a village in the upper Vipava Valley in the Municipality of Vipava in the traditional Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.[2] It is now generally regarded as part of the Slovenian Littoral. It lies below Mount Nanos, from which it gets its current name.[3]

Podnanos Šent Vid (until 1952), Šembid (local)
Podnanos Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°47′50.11″N 13°58′18.4″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Inner Carniola
Statistical region	Gorizia
Municipality	Vipava
Area
• Total	1.36 km^2 (0.53 sq mi)
Elevation	169.2 m (555.1 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	364
[1]

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Šent Vid (literally, 'Saint Vitus') to Podnanos (literally, 'below Mount Nanos') in 1952. 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. The local name of the settlement, Šembid,[4] is derived from Šent Vid.[5][6][7]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Vitus and belongs to the Koper Diocese.[8]

Notable residents

• Stanko Premrl (1880–1965), priest and composer of the national anthem of Slovenia
• Janko Premrl (nom de guerre Vojko, 1920–1943), anti-fascist resistance fighter and organizer of the Slovenian Partisan movement in the Slovenian Littoral

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. 1906. p. 142.
3. Vipava municipal site
4. Premrl, Radoslava. 1992. Moj brat Janko - Vojko. Ljubljana: Slovenska matica, p. 5.
5. Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
6. 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.
7. Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
8. Koper Diocese list of churches Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Podnanos Homepage - Tourist information center
• Podnanos at Geopedia (maps, aerial photographs)
• Podnanos on Google Maps (maps, photographs, street view)