Podsmreka (pronounced [pɔtˈsmɾeːka]; in older sources also Podsmreko,[2] German: Podsmerek[2][3]) is a village south of Dobrova in the Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov Gradec in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

[4] Podsmreka lies on a terrace on the road from Dobrova to Brezovica pri Ljubljani.

[6] The name Podsmreka is derived from a prepositional phrase in which the noun has lost its case ending: pod 'below' + smreka 'spruce'.

[2][3] On 18 November 1942 Italian forces killed a number of hostages from the neighboring settlement of Draževnik below Kamenščica Hill.

[5] The economy of the village was traditionally tied to vegetable production, raising livestock, and dairy farming for the market in Ljubljana.