Spodnje Pirniče (pronounced [ˈspoːdnjɛ ˈpiːɾnitʃɛ]; German: Unterpirnitsch[2]) is a village on the left bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Medvode in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

The original form of the name may be reconstructed as the plural demonym *Pyrьničane, ultimately derived from the common noun *pyro 'spelt', referring to a local cultivar and meaning 'people living where spelt is grown'.

Another possibility is that the name developed from a plural demonym derived from the Old High German name Ber(i)nhard or the Middle High German name Pern(a)hart.

[4] The local church is dedicated to the Feast of the Holy Cross.

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