[5] It stands on terraces above the Čabranka River on steep slopes below Trava Peak (Slovene: Travljanski vrh).

[6] The name Podplanina is derived from a prepositional phrase in which the noun has lost its case ending: pod 'below' + planina 'mountain pasture'.

The semantics of the Gottschee German name Untrdaubə, derived from the name Unter der Alpe in the land registry of 1574,[4] are identical.

The standard German name, Alben, simply means 'mountain pastures', corresponding to the variant Slovene name Planina.

While retreating, German and Četnik forces suffered losses at the hand of the Partisans in Podplanina on 29 April 1945.