Lendavske Gorice (pronounced [ˈleːndau̯skɛ ɡɔˈɾiːtsɛ]; Hungarian: Lendvahegy) is a settlement in the hills immediately east of Lendava in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. The local church in the settlement is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and belongs to the Parish of Lendava. It was built in 1728 by the Gludovácz family.
Location
1 explorer visited this place
636 m
The Lendava Synagogue is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the small town of Lendava, Slovenia, a town that is close to the Hungarian border. The former congregation was established in 1773 and worshiped in the Ashkenazi rite. The former synagogue was completed in 1866 and was used as a synagogue up until 1944, when the community perished in The Holocaust.
Left vacant for many years, the former synagogue was repurposed as a Jewish museum, called the Galerija-Muzej Lendava, in the mid-1990s. The museum has a permanent exhibition on local Jewish history.
673 m
The Vinarium Tower is a Slovenian steel construction 53.5-meter tall observation tower in Dolgovaške Gorice, a village in the middle of the Lendava Hills above Lendava. It stands at 302 meters above sea level near the Hungarian border. The architects are Oskar Virag and Iztok Rajšter from the Vires architectural office . This is the highest observation tower in Slovenia. The tower was officially opened on 2 September 2015. The tower allows views into four different countries: Slovenia, Hungary, Austria, and Croatia. The designers expect 30,000 to 50,000 visitors per year.
706 m
Lendava is a town in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is the seat of the Municipality of Lendava. It forms part of the border crossing with Hungary at Dolga Vas–Rédics and it is near the border with Croatia at Mursko Središće. Alongside Slovene, Hungarian serves as an official language of the municipality.
The town is the centre of the Hungarian minority in Slovenia. It is also known for the monumental theater and Hungarian Community Centre designed by the architect Imre Makovecz.
722 m
The Municipality of Lendava is a municipality in the traditional region of Prekmurje in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Lendava. Lendava became a municipality in 1994. It borders Croatia.
1.0 km
Dolgovaške Gorice is a settlement in the hills east of Lendava in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. It lies on the border with Hungary.
When excavating for the foundations of the church, a wooden coffin was discovered containing the body of Mihael Hadik, who died fighting the Ottoman Turks in 1603. His mummy is now on display in the church.