Podlipa Mystery Cache

Podlipa je naselje v Občini Vrhnika. Po vasi sta poimenovana potok Podlipščica, levi pritok Ljubljanice ter Podlipska dolina. Podlipa je locirana ob prometnici, ki vodi od Vrhnike proti Smrečju in naprej proti Žirem.
Območje Podlipe je bilo naseljeno že v prazgodovini, o čemer pričajo sledovi Ilirskih gradišč. Rimska prisotnost ob plovni Ljubljanici je staroselce potisnila v stranske doline in obrobna hribovja, o čemer priča upor lokalnega prebivalstva v Nauportusu proti novim oblastnikom.
Naseljevanje je v kasnejših obdobjih potekalo že po Rimskih trasah - za Podlipo je pomemben prehod do Poljanske doline, kjer so se našli Slovani, Oglejski patriarhi, Goriški grofje, Freisinški škofje, pa Franki in Bavarci.
Podlipa je torej stara vaška aglomeracija, prvič omenjena v protokolu Kartuzije Bistra, katere zemljiška last je bila. Skozi ves srednji vek so prebivalci Podlipe zvesto služili svojim gospodarjem, kljub težkim razmeram pa so uspeli renovirati svojo gotsko cerkev.
Cerkev stoji sredi pokopališča na hribu sredi vasi in je posvečena sv. Brikciju.
Ena najstarejših ohranjenih zgradb v Podlipi je Pirmanova hiša, ki stoji desno od poti, ki vodi do cerkve. V njeni notranjosti so po zaslugi sedanjih lastnikov po prvotni podobi ohranjeni številni prostori, kot so črna kuhinja, kmečka hiša, spalni prostori... Hiša je grajena z izrazito debelimi zidovi, nizkimi stropovi, zaobljenimi vogali, stenskimi nišami in majhnimi okni, ki so prepuščali le malo svetlobe. Pod isto streho sta tudi hlev in svinjak, kjer so v času prvotnih lastnikov živele tudi domače živali.
V vasi je dobro ohranjeno in delujoče mlinsko kolo z žago. Domače ime Kovtrov mlin je nastalo v 19. stoletju, ker so imeli v spodnjem delu mlina montirane valje, ki so mehčali platnene izdelke za izdelovanje odej - kovtrov. Mlin je bil grajen na štiri pare mlevnih kamnov, ki so mleli žita, kot so pšenica, ajda, koruza, rž, oves... Kamni so mleli le ob visoki vodi, sicer pa sta bila v pogonu samo dva in ob nizki vodi samo eden. Mlin je ustavil svoja kolesja v osemdesetih letih prejšnjega stoletja.
Ena izmed vaških posebnosti pa je vrteča se miza, ki jo hranijo v edini lokalni gostilni Jurca (s polaganjem rok se miza prične vrteti...).

Že s prvih serpentin nad Podlipo se lahko ozremo na celotni vas pod nami z osrednjim hribom, na katerem stoji cerkvica sv. Brikcija. Če se odpravimo višje po poti, ki nas vodi proti zgornjemu delu Smrečja, pa je pogled na ljubljansko barje z okolico, Kamniške Alpe, Krimsko pogorje,... Iz najvišje točke Smrečja, to je iz Lovrenca, pa se odpre čudovit pogled na poleg že omenjene strani še na Trnovski gozd, Škofjeloško hribovje, Spodnje bohinjske gore, vse tja do triglavskega pogorja.

Vse potrebne odgovore boste našli na informacijski tabli sredi vasi:

A - Katerega leta je bil prvič odkrit Blagajev volčin?
B - Katerega leta je bila prvič omenjena Podlipa?
C - Katerega stoletja je bila zgrajena Pirmanova hiša?
D - Iz katerega leta je glavni oltar Smreške cerkve?
E - Kdaj je bila podaljšana in barokizirana Podlipska cerkev?

xxx = A - B - C - 1
yyy = D - E + 10

N 46° 00.xxx E 014° 13.yyy

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Podlipa is a village in the municipality of Vrhnika. After the village are named Podlipščica creek, a left tributary of the Ljubljanica and Podlipa Valley. Podlipa is situated on the road, which leads from Vrhnika to Smrečje and towards to Žiri.
Podlipa area has been inhabited since prehistoric times, as evidenced by traces of Illyrian hill forts. Roman presence on navigable Ljubljanica pushed the indigenous into the side of the valley and outlying hills, as evidenced by the resistance of the local population in Nauportus against the new sovereigns.
Settlement in later periods took place after Rome routes - for Podlipa it was important gateway to the Poljanska Valley, where they find the Slavs, Patriarch of Aquileia, the Counts of Gorizia, Freising bishops, and also the Franks and the Bavarians.
Podlipa is therefore the old village agglomeration, first mentioned in the protocol of Carthusian Bistra, whose property the land was. Throughout the Middle Ages the inhabitants of Podlipa faithfully served their masters, and despite the difficult conditions they managed to renovate its Gothic church.
The Church stands in the middle of the cemetery on the hill in the middle of the village and is dedicated to St. Brikcij.
One of the oldest preserved buildings in the Podlipa is Pirman's house, which stands to the right of the path that leads to the church. Thanks to the current owners,  there are many areas in its interior preserved as in original, such as black kitchen, farm house, sleeping quarters ... The house was built with a strong thick walls, low ceilings, rounded corners, wall niches and small windows that left little light to inside. Under the same roof there is also stable and pigsty, where at the time of the original owners domestic animals lived.
There is also well preserved and operating mill wheel with saw in the village. Common name “Kovtrov mlin” (translated Quilts mill) was founded in the 19th century because they had mounted rollers which had softened linen products for the manufacture of blankets - quilts in the bottom of the mill. Mill was built with four pairs of grinding stones, which were used to mill cereals such as wheat , buckwheat, corn, rye, oats ... The stones were grinding only at high water, otherwise only two had been in operation and at low water only one. The mill stopped their wheels in the eighties.
One of the village specialty is also the rotating table, which is kept at the only local restaurant Jurca (with the laying on of hands, the table starts to spin ...).

From the first bends over Podlipa we can already look on the entire village below us with the central hill on which stands the church of St. Brikcij. If we go further the path that leads to the upper part of Smrečje, there is a view at the Ljubljana Marshes and its surroundings, the Kamnik Alps, Crimean Mountains ... From the highest point of Smrečje, that is from Lawrence, next to already mentioned, opens a wonderful view of Trnovski forest, Škofja Loka hills, Lower Bohinj Mountains, all the way to the Triglav mountain range.

You can get all needed information on info board in the middle of the village. Unfortunately it is only in Slovenian language:

A - In which year was first discovered Daphne blagayana (Blagajev volčin)?
B - In which year was Podlipa first mentioned?
C - In which century was Pirman's house (Pirmanova hiša) built?
D - From which year is the main altar in Smrečje church (Smreška cerkev)?
E - When was Podlipa church (Podlipska cerkev) extended and Baroque?

xxx = A - B - C - 1
yyy = D - E + 10

N 46° 00.xxx E 014° 13.yyy

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