Country Slovenia Statistical region Mura Area 3.53 km² Population 99 (2002) | Traditional region Prekmurje Elevation 349 m Local time Monday 4:32 AM | |
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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.
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Ženavlje Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA