Polenšak

Polenšak Polenschak
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Basic data
Country	Slovenia
Historic region	Lower Styria / Štajerska
Statistical region	Podravska (Drau region)
local community	Dornava
Coordinates	46 ° 28 '  N , 16 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 28 '8 "  N , 16 ° 0' 9"  E
height	297  m. i. J.
surface	1.6  km²
Residents	174 (January 1, 2018)
Population density	109 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code	(+386) 070
Post Code	2252
License Plate	MB
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Community type	Parish village
Mayor :	Rajko Janžekovič
Mailing address	Dornava 135a 2252 Dornava
Website	www.dornava.si

Polenšak (pronounced: ˈpoːlɛnʃak), in German: Polenschak , is a village in the Slovenian municipality of Dornava .

Polenšak from the south.

geography

The village is located on the border of the gravel plain of the Pettauer Feld (Slovenian: Ptujskega polja) and at the beginning of the Windischen Bühel (Slovenian: Slovenske Gorice). It is located in the northwest of the municipality and thus in the historical Spodnja Štajerska ( Lower Styria ) landscape and in the statistical region of Podravska . Polenšak is located away from the main traffic routes on road 713 from Dornava to Ljutomer . It is seven kilometers to the municipal administration in Dornava; the next larger cities are Ptuj , 15 kilometers to the southwest and Marburg, 46 kilometers to the northeast.

Residents

The number of inhabitants has steadily decreased since the Second World War due to the rural exodus.

Population development
1991	2002	2011	2018
204	177	171	170

14% of the population is under 15 years old, 18% is over 65 years old.

history

In the past, Polenšak belonged to the Dornau dominion and was administered from the Dornau Castle there . In 1918 the Kingdom of Yugoslavia came into being and the rule of Dornau was abolished. The village has been part of the Dornava municipality since then. From the 17th to the 19th century the pilgrimage to the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary played an important role. In 1945 the pilgrimages were banned by the communist government. Since 1990 annual pilgrimages have been carried out by the Catholic Church.

Attractions

Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary

The current Catholic church was built in 1621 in place of a smaller previous church to cope with the rush of thousands of pilgrims in the 17th century. It is located on a small hill above the village. The building was constructed between 1621 and 1633 and is architecturally assigned to the early baroque . It consists of a rectangular nave with elements from the Renaissance and a three-pointed presbytery . The interior is from the baroque era. Today's church tower was built in 1772. The original bells were melted down during the First World War. In the 1990s the church was renovated inside and out.

Parish Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary

Polandšak Farm Museum

In 1995 a permanent exhibition on rural life in the region was opened in an old former farm. In 2003 the collection was converted into a museum. It contains agricultural implements and farm implements from the 18th and 19th centuries. On the Thanksgiving Day there are demonstrations in which old equipment is used to harvest, thresh and grind.

Polandšak ski jump

A ski jumping hill has existed in Polenšak near Kmetova Graba since the early 1970s. The ski jump was rebuilt in 2000 and since then two competitions have been held there every year. In 2013 there was night jumping for the first time.

societies

• Polandšak Tourist Association, founded in 1963
• Sports club Športno Društvo (SD) Polenšak, founded in 1996
• Volunteer firefighter

Web links

Commons : Polenšak  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Statistični urad Republike Slovenije
2. ↑ http://www.zupnija.polensak.com/
3. ↑ Register nepremične kulturne dediščine: Reference number ešd 3262 In: situla.org , accessed on January 30, 2019 (Slovenian Ministry of Culture; Register of Immovable Cultural Heritage)
4. ↑ Polenšak »Ski jumping hill archive In: skisprungschanzen.com , accessed on January 30, 2019.