Podsmreka Pri Višnji Gori
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from Podsmreka to Podsmreka pri Višnji Gori in 1953.
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.
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.
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Ivančna Gorica municipal site
- ^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
- ^ Miha Preinfalk (2006). "Družina Roschütz – baroni, ki to niso bili". Kronika. 54 (1). Ljubljana. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- ^ Stopar, Ivan (2001). Grajske stavbe v osrednji Sloveniji, Dolenjska II.2, Med Bogenšperkom in Mokricami. Ljubljana: Viharnik.
External links
- Media related to Podsmreka pri Višnji Gori at Wikimedia Commons
- Podsmreka pri Višnji Gori on Geopedia