Lendava

Lendava ( ungar Lendva, German: Unterlimbach ) is the easternmost municipality in Slovenia, in the region of Prekmurje (German Prekmurje; Hungarian Muravidék ). The municipality is bordered to the east by Hungary and Croatia to the south. It belongs mostly to the Slovenian-Hungarian ethnically mixed territory of Slovenia.

There is a town twinning to Zalaegerszeg in Hungary.

• 2.1 policy

• 3.1 Education
• 3.2 traffic
• 3.3 Economics

Geography

Population

The Municipality of Lendava ( slowen. Občina Lendava, ungar Lendva Község ) has 11,000 inhabitants, of whom 52.2 % were female and 47.8 % male are (31 December 2005). The average monthly income is € 979 gross or net € 628 ( 08.2003 ). The town of Lendava itself has 3,400 inhabitants.

90.2% of the residents of the community were present at the 2002 census Slovenes, 6.3% Croats, 1.1% EU citizens (then EU -15 ), 0.8 % Yugoslavs (now the Serbs and Montenegrins ), 0, 5% Bosnians, Macedonians, 0.3% and 0.8 % others.

As a mother tongue reported 46.8 % of the population and 42.1% Slovenian Hungarian. Claims to Further spoke Croatian 7.3%, 0.9% and 1.4 % of other Romani languages. The official language is Slovenian and in 20 of the 23 districts also Hungarian.

Districts

The Municipality of Lendava comprises 23 districts ( population figures of 2002 census; sorting by postal locations)

• Post 9220 Lendava: Lendava ( ungar Alsólendva, German: Limbach), 3,395 inhabitants, 160 müa, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Petišovci ( ungar Petesháza ), 843 inhabitants, 159 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Hotiza, 777 inhabitants, 165 m, Official language: Slovenian
• Centiba ( ungar Csente ), 756 inhabitants, 175 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Dolga vas (Hungarian Hosszúfalu, German: low- village), 621 inhabitants, 162 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Lendavske Gorica ( ungar Lendvahegy ), 586 inhabitants, 288 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Gaberje ( ungar Gyertyános ), 539 inhabitants, 163 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Kapca, 450 inhabitants, 164 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Gornji Lakoš ( ungar Felsőlakos, German: Upper Lakos ), 438 inhabitants, 162 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Mostje ( ungar Hidvég, German: Sankt Hedwig ), 363 inhabitants, 163 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Dolina pri Lendavi ( ungar Völgyifalu ), 343 inhabitants, 166 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Trimlini ( ungar Hármasmalom ), population 330, 160 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Dolgovaške Gorica (also Dolgovšgorice, ungar Hosszúfaluhegy ), 277 inhabitants, 327 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Dolnji Lakoš (Hungarian Alsólakos, German: Low Lakos ), 243 inhabitants, 162 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Pince, 205 inhabitants, 164 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Brezovec, 180 inhabitants, 287 m, Official language: Slovenian
• Excrement ( feces ungar ), 136 inhabitants, 164 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Pince Marof ( ungar Pincemajor ), 115 inhabitants, 156 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Banuta ( ungar Banuta ), 75 inhabitants, 163 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Benica, 75 inhabitants, 156 m, Official language: Slovenian

• Post 9223 Dobrovnik ( German: Dobronack ): Radmožanci ( ungar Radamos ), 254 inhabitants, 166 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Genterovci ( ungar Göntérháza, German: Gänsdorf ), 206 inhabitants, 164 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian
• Kamovci ( ungar Kámaháza ), 113 inhabitants, 164 m, official languages ​​: Slovenian and Hungarian

History

The former Alsólendva until 1918 was the administrative seat of the homonymous district chair (Hungarian Jaras ) in Zala county, Hungary. Capital of the county was Zalaegerszeg, which is twinned with Lendava today. After the collapse of Austria -Hungary was the so-called Mur Island ( the region around Lendava and today's Croatian Međimurje County ) in 1919, occupied by troops of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The Treaty of Trianon in 1920 spoke Hungary from the area and thus prevented Wiederangliederungsversuche the population.

Policy

Current Mayor Anton Balažek. It is his second term, which will end in 2011. Balažek won the last elections with its own list and by supporting the left - liberal parties.

Infrastructure

Education

In Lendava, there are two primary schools, one of which is built for disabled people. The middle school in Lendava (DSS ) was founded in 1903. 1945 and in the postwar period the program of the school was expanded, including technical directions. Later the training as a retail merchant and the gymnasium was added. Since 1981 teaching at the school is offered in Slovenian as well as in Hungarian. 2005, a new, more modern school building was erected, which consists of 25 classrooms, a workshop, a gym and a sports court.

Traffic

Lendava is connected since 2008 with the A5 motorway (Maribor to late autumn ). Furthermore, a freight station exists.

Economy

At Lendava run past major oil and gas pipelines. This led to the end of the 1980s, also for operation of the former refinery Nafta Lendava of the Group. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, the Group ran into financial difficulties. The refinery was sold to a Chinese company; remained are the factories for methanol and adhesives. After years of renovation the NAFTA group was divided into six subsidiaries, which in turn all nationalized. Mostly Russian - - buyers of some subsidiaries in recent years, the inquiries from potential increase.

The Church of Lendava

The abandoned Jewish cemetery of Lendava

The Group's Nafta Lendava methanol Factory

The bilingual secondary school in Lendava (DSS )