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Ženavlje

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Country
  
Slovenia

Statistical region
  
Mura

Area
  
3.53 km²

Population
  
99 (2002)

Traditional region
  
Prekmurje

Elevation
  
349 m

Local time
  
Monday 4:32 AM

Ženavlje

Weather
  
7°C, Wind NW at 5 km/h, 78% Humidity

Municipality
  
Municipality of Gornji Petrovci

Ženavlje ([ʒɛˈnaːu̯ljɛ]; Hungarian: Gyanafa, Prekmurje Slovene: Ženavle) is a village in the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.

Map of 9203 %C5%BDenavlje, Slovenia

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.

References

Ženavlje Wikipedia