Smlednik

Smlednik
Smlednik
	Smlednik Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°9′47.35″N 14°25′50.3″E / 46.1631528°N 14.430639°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Upper Carniola
Statistical region	Central Slovenia
Municipality	Medvode
Area
• Total	6.37 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Elevation	349.3 m (1,146.0 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	413

Smlednik (pronounced [ˈsmleːdnik]; German: Flödnig^[2]) is a village on the left bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Medvode in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.^[3]

Smlednik is the site of the 18-hole Diners Golf Ljubljana golf course. It can accommodate up to 120 players at the same time.^[4]

Name

Smlednik was attested in written sources in 1136 as Fledinich (and as Vlednich in 1214 and Vlednic in 1228). The origin of the name is unclear. A possible derivation is from the common noun smled 'hog's fennel', referring to the local vegetation. Other explanations include the obsolete Slovene common noun smled 'watchpost', or the root *mlědъ 'deciduous woods' or 'sparse woods', but neither of these is linguistically convincing.^[5] In the past the German name was Flödnig.^[2]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Ulrich (Slovene: Sveti Urh).^[6]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ ^a ^b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 56.
^ Medvode municipal site
^ STO. "Golf". I feel Slovenia. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan. pp. 383–384.
^ Družina RC Church in Slovenia journal site