Podlehnik
Podlehnik
Občina Podlehnik | |
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Town and Municipality | |
 Postcard of Podlehnik | |
 Location of the Municipality of Podlehnik in Slovenia | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marko Maučič |
| Area | |
| • Total | 46.0 km2 (17.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2002)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,820 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
Podlehnik (pronounced [pɔˈdleːxnik]) is a settlement and a municipality in the Haloze Hills in eastern Slovenia. The area traditionally belonged to the region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]
The settlement developed around 13th-century Lehnik Castle. The castle was destroyed during Ottoman raids in 1532 and very few traces of it remain (foundations of a tower and a defense ditch).[3] What was originally the castle chapel is now the local church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and was expanded in the 16th and 18th centuries.[4]
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| Settlements | Administrative seat: Podlehnik
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