Velika Polana Explained

Official Name:Velika Polana
Other Name:Nagypalina (Hungarian)
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:left
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:Velika Polana
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:7.61
Population As Of:2019
Population Total:870
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.5719°N 16.3472°W
Elevation M:166.6

Velika Polana (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʋeːlika ˈpoːlana/; Hungarian: Nagypalina[2]) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Velika Polana.

It has been designated a "stork village" (i.e., a settlement with 10 or more stork nests). It was also the home of the Slovene writer Miško Kranjec. The house where he was born (which is also the tourist information office) can be visited.[3] The village is surrounded by fenland and fields of sunflowers, pumpkins, and wheat. Črnec Creek, a tributary of the Ledava, flows past the settlement.[4] The best way to explore the area is by cycling or walking the numerous trails.

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota. It was built in 1924.[5]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Velika Polana include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Naselje Velika Polana . Statistični urad Republike Slovenije . April 20, 2020.
  2. http://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-SYFIV41W/13133489-d7a8-46ec-b09a-0e6d646f64bc/PDF Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 11.
  3. Web site: Velika Polana municipal site . 2007-02-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070310231211/http://www.velika-polana.si/ . 2007-03-10 . dead .
  4. Book: Savnik . Roman . Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 4 . 1980 . Državna založba Slovenije . Ljubljana . 113.
  5. http://www.druzina.si/icd/spletnastran.nsf/all/38A2BEE8E57EEC7EC12572030034F7C8?OpenDocument Družina RC Church in Slovenia site