Podlehnik (pronounced [pɔˈdleːxnik]; German: Lichtenegg[2]) is a settlement in the Haloze Hills in eastern Slovenia.

Podlehnik was attested in historical sources as Lihteneck and Leichtenekke in 1259–1260, as Lihtneck in 1297, and as Liehtneck in 1308, among other variants.

The name of the castle (German: Li(e)chtenegg) is a compound from Middle High German lieht 'light, bright' + egge 'hill, peak', thus meaning 'castle on a bright/sunny hill'.

The castle was destroyed during Ottoman raids in 1532 and very few traces of it remain (foundations of a tower and a defense ditch).

[5] What was originally the castle chapel is now the local church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and was expanded in the 16th and 18th centuries.