Tišina

Tišina
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



References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
  2. ↑ Radkersburg und Luttenberg (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut.
  3. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3448
  • [http://v1.geopedia.si/Geopedia_en.html#T973_x512316.453_y162387.06650000002_s14_b4_vF Tišina]. A map and basic data. Geopedia.si. Accessed 1 March 2012.
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