Krajna, Tišina Explained

Official Name:Krajna
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Prekmurje
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Mura
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Tišina
Area Total Km2:4.93
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:299
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.6868°N 16.0513°W
Elevation M:203
Footnotes:[1]

Krajna (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈkɾaːi̯na/; Hungarian: Véghely[2]) is a roadside settlement in the Municipality of Tišina in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia.[3]

Ferenc Temlin, writer of the first Prekmurje dialect book, the writer Mátyás Temlin, the Slovene politician in Hungary József Klekl and his cousin the writer József Klekl were all born in Krajna.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Radkersburg und Luttenberg (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut.
  3. http://www.tisina.si Tišina municipal site