The name of the settlement was changed from Podgorica to Podgorica pri Podtaboru in 1953.[4] The epithet pri Podtaboru 'near Podtabor' refers to Šent Jurij, which was named Podtabor from 1952 to 1992.[5][6]
Cultural heritage
A small roadside chapel-shrine in the village is dedicated to Saint Peter and dates to the early 20th century.[7]
^Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
^Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
^"EŠD 28464". Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage (in Slovenian). Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 1 July 2011.