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Pogonik

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Country
  
Slovenia

Statistical region
  
Central Sava

Area
  
120 ha

Population
  
16 (2002)

Traditional region
  
Lower Carniola

Elevation
  
269 m

Local time
  
Wednesday 3:53 PM

Municipality
  
Municipality of Litija

Pogonik

Weather
  
16°C, Wind SW at 10 km/h, 63% Humidity

Pogonik ([pɔɡɔˈniːk]; sometimes Poganek, German: Poganegg) is a settlement on the right bank of the Sava River north of Litija in central Slovenia. The railway line from Ljubljana to Zidani Most runs through the settlement. Traditionally the area was part of Lower Carniola and is now included with the rest of the Municipality of Litija in the Central Sava Statistical Region.

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Map of 1270 Pogonik, Slovenia

History

Pogonik Castle was built in the early 16th century, probably after the destructive earthquake in 1511. Johann Weikhard von Valvasor wrote that the castle was built from the ruins of the castle at Vernek. A wooden railroad bridge was built across the Sava River at Pogonik in 1848, and the Poganek railroad tunnel was built in 1849. It is 123 m (404 ft) long. The wooden bridge was replaced by an iron bridge in 1898. During the Second World War, the Partisans burned Pogonik Castle in 1944 and damaged the railroad bridge.

Pogonik was a hamlet of Podšentjur until 1995, when it became a separate settlement.

References

Pogonik Wikipedia