Ženavlje

Ženavlje (pronounced [ʒɛˈnaːu̯ljɛ]; Hungarian: Gyanafa,[2] Prekmurje Slovene: Ženavle[3]) is a village in the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.[4]

Ženavlje
Gyanafa
Ženavlje is located in Slovenia
Ženavlje
Ženavlje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°50′20.45″N 16°10′38.88″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionPrekmurje
Statistical regionMura
MunicipalityGornji Petrovci
Area
 • Total3.53 km2 (1.36 sq mi)
Elevation
349.4 m (1,146.3 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total97
 • Density27/km2 (71/sq mi)
[1]

Ženavlje is known as the unplanned landing site of a stratospheric balloon with the Belgian pioneering balloonist Max Cosyns and his student Nérée van der Elst on 18 August 1934. The 18th of August was declared a municipal holiday and in 1997 a large bronze monument in the shape of a balloon was erected on the spot of the crash landing to commemorate the event.[5]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 6.
  3. M. Vincetič. 2014. Lebdeča prikazen / Lebdejča prilika. Murska Sobota: Franc-Franc. ISBN 978-961-255-077-6 p. 99.
  4. Gornji Petrovci municipal site
  5. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 17195


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