Tišina
Tišina | |
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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°E / 46.65583; 16.09333Coordinates: 46°39′21″N 16°5′36″E / 46.65583°N 16.09333°E / 46.65583; 16.09333 | |
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 | UTC+01 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
Tišina (pronounced [ˈtiːʃina]; 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]
Notable people
Ferenc Ivanóczy (1857–1913), Slovene priest and politician in Hungary
Simon Spilak (born 1986), cyclist
References
^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
^ Radkersburg und Luttenberg (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut.
^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3448
External links
[permanent dead link] Tišina. A map and basic data. Geopedia.si. Accessed 1 March 2012.
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