Žetale was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1228, and old parish documents record its name as Schiltarin. The area was subject to repeated Ottoman invasion, and there are pseudoetymological claims that the village is named after a supposed defender of the village named Žetal. In fact, the name is derived from Middle High German Schiltern.[3] As of 2018, the village of Žetale had a population of 356.[4]
Festivalsedit
A chestnut festival in October is a locally well known. There is an annual pilgrimage called Jarmek held on 15 August, the feast day of the Assumption of Mary and a public holiday in Slovenia, where pilgrims walk to Mary Help of Christians Church (Slovene: Marija pomočnica), known locally as Marijatrošt.
Notable peopleedit
Notable people that were born or lived in Žetale include:
Anton Hajšek (1827–1907): patriot and publisher of the writings of Anton Martin Slomšek
Jože Topolovec (1934–2010): writer (pseudonym Jože Haložan)
Žetale, pronounced, ʒɛˈtaːlɛ, village, eastern, slovenia, border, with, croatia, seat, municipality, area, traditionally, belonged, region, styria, included, drava, statistical, region, postcard, location, sloveniacoordinates, 2763111, 7967000, 2763111, 796700. Zetale pronounced ʒɛˈtaːlɛ is a village in eastern Slovenia on the border with Croatia It is the seat of the Municipality of Zetale The area traditionally belonged to the region of Styria It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region 2 ZetalePostcard of ZetaleZetaleLocation in SloveniaCoordinates 46 16 34 72 N 15 47 48 12 E 46 2763111 N 15 7967000 E 46 2763111 15 7967000Country SloveniaTraditional regionStyriaStatistical regionDravaMunicipalityZetaleArea Total12 66 km2 4 89 sq mi Elevation291 m 955 ft Population 2018 Total356 1 Contents 1 History 2 Festivals 3 Notable people 4 References 5 External linksHistory editZetale was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1228 and old parish documents record its name as Schiltarin The area was subject to repeated Ottoman invasion and there are pseudoetymological claims that the village is named after a supposed defender of the village named Zetal In fact the name is derived from Middle High German Schiltern 3 As of 2018 the village of Zetale had a population of 356 4 Festivals editA chestnut festival in October is a locally well known There is an annual pilgrimage called Jarmek held on 15 August the feast day of the Assumption of Mary and a public holiday in Slovenia where pilgrims walk to Mary Help of Christians Church Slovene Marija pomocnica known locally as Marijatrost Notable people editNotable people that were born or lived in Zetale include Anton Hajsek 1827 1907 patriot and publisher of the writings of Anton Martin Slomsek Joze Topolovec 1934 2010 writer pseudonym Joze Halozan References edit Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Zetale municipal site Snoj Marko 2009 Etimoloski slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen Ljubljana Modrijan p 489 Statistical Office of the Republic of SloveniaExternal links edit nbsp Media related to Zetale at Wikimedia Commons Zetale on Geopedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zetale amp oldid 1175593680, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
