Peklenica
Sign in to savePeklenica () is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia. It is located 3.1 km from Mursko Središće, 11 km from Čakovec, and is adjacent to Križovec and Vratišinec. As of the 2011 census, there were 1217 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Peklenica
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
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- Location of Peklenica in Croatia
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- Croatia
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- Country
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- Croatia
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- County
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- Međimurje County
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- Municipality
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- Mursko Središće
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 6.7
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
- 1072
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +2
- Settlement.timezone1
- CET
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Peklenica () is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia. It is located 3.1 km from Mursko Središće, 11 km from Čakovec, and is adjacent to Križovec and Vratišinec. As of the 2011 census, there were 1217 inhabitants.
Peklenica is known for its natural source of crude oil known to local population since at least the Middle Ages. The toponym, first recorded in 1391, is derived from words paklina or pekel, which is what the locals called the greasy substance they used for lubrication of horse-drawn carriages as well as for medicinal purposes. According to Ottoman explorer Evliya Çelebi's writings, the town of Szigetvár was burnt during the 1566 siege using oil from Peklenica.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peklenica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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