Ženavlje

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Ženavlje
Gyanafa
Ženavlje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°50′20.45″N 16°10′38.88″E / 46.8390139°N 16.1774667°E / 46.8390139; 16.1774667Coordinates: 46°50′20.45″N 16°10′38.88″E / 46.8390139°N 16.1774667°E / 46.8390139; 16.1774667
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Prekmurje
Statistical region Mura
Municipality Gornji Petrovci
Area
 • Total 3.53 km2 (1.36 sq mi)
Elevation 349.4 m (1,146.3 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 99
[1]

Ženavlje (Hungarian: Gyanafa, German: Schönabla) is a village in the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.[2]

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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Gornji Petrovci municipal site
  3. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 17195

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