Tišina

Tišina
Town and Municipality

Chapel-shrine in Tišina
Tišina

Location of Tišina in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°39′21″N 16°5′36″E / 46.65583°N 16.09333°ECoordinates: 46°39′21″N 16°5′36″E / 46.65583°N 16.09333°E
Country  Slovenia
Government
  Mayor Franc Horvat (SLS)
Area
  Total 38.8 km2 (15.0 sq mi)
Population (2002)[1]
  Total 4,189
  Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02)

Tišina (Hungarian: Csendlak)[2] is a town in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Nativity of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota. It dates to the 12th century with extensive 16th-century rebuilding.[3]

The Slovene politician in Hungary Ferenc Ivanóczy was born in Tišina.

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
  2. Radkersburg und Luttenberg (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut.
  3. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3448

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