Lendava (pronounced [ˈléːndaʋa] ; formerly Dolnja Lendava, in older sources also Dolenja Lendava; Hungarian: Lendva, formerly Alsólendva; German: Lindau, formerly Unter-Limbach) 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.
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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.
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Lendava Sports Park is a multi-use stadium in Lendava, Slovenia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of NK Nafta 1903. The stadium, initially built in 1946, was completely rebuilt in 2006 and has a capacity of 2,000 seats.
The stadium has a UEFA licence for international matches and is used as one of the venues for Slovenia's youth national teams.
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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.
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Kobilje Creek is a stream in northeastern Slovenia and western Hungary. The stream is 33 kilometres long; 24 km of the course is in Slovenia. Its source is at Kamenek Hill and it flows through Kobilje, crosses the Slovenian–Hungarian border, returns to Slovenia, and joins the Ledava from its left side in the town Lendava. It is the longest tributary of the Ledava.
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Lendavske Gorice 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. 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.
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.
