Velika Polana

Velika Polana
Basic data
Country	Slovenia
Historic region	Übermurgebiet / Prekmurje
Statistical region	Pomurska (Mur region)
Coordinates	46 ° 34 '  N , 16 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 34 '19 "  N , 16 ° 20' 49"  E
surface	18.7  km²
Residents	1,520 (2008)
Population density	81 inhabitants per km²
Post Code	9225
License Plate	MS
Structure and administration
Mayor :	Damijan Jaklin
Website	www.velika-polana.si

Velika Polana (Hungarian Nagyföld , Eng . Devil's Hole ) is a municipality in the Prekmurje region in Slovenia .

1,520 people live in the total community, which consists of the three villages of Brezovica, Mala Polana and Velika Polana. The main town of Velika Polena has 914 inhabitants. The municipality is located in an area with swampy lowland meadows near the borders with Hungary and Croatia .

Velika Polena was awarded the title European Stork Village in 1999 by the Euronatur Foundation . A stork has been depicted in the municipality's new coat of arms since February 17, 2005.

Worth seeing are the Sacred Heart Church and the memorial house with the preserved study of the Slovenian writer Miško Kranjec.

Personalities

• Miško Kranjec (1908–1983), Slovenian writer
• Danijel Halas (1908–1945), Slovenian Catholic martyr

Web links

• Website of the municipality (Slovenian)
• Miško Kranjec Memorial House

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lumtzer, Viktor / Melich, Johann; German place names and loan words from the Hungarian vocabulary. Sources and research on the history, literature and language of Austria and its crown lands; Publishing house of the Wagner University Bookstore Innsbruck, 1900.
2. ↑ Tourist information of the municipality . Retrieved July 30, 2009