Ženavlje
Ženavlje (pronounced [ʒɛˈnaːu̯ljɛ]; Hungarian: Gyanafa, Prekmurje Slovene: Ženavle) is a village in the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci in the Prekmurje region of 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
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 6.
- ^ M. Vincetič. 2014. Lebdeča prikazen / Lebdejča prilika. Murska Sobota: Franc-Franc. ISBN 978-961-255-077-6 p. 99.
- ^ Gornji Petrovci municipal site
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 17195
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