Prekmurje Union Day in Slovenia
Prekmurje Union Day in Slovenia is held on August 17. This event in the second decade of the month August is annual. Help us
Prekmurje Union Day is celebrated on August 17, that marks the day, when Prekmurje was included into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1919. This holiday was established in 2006, but people don't get an additional day off.
Work-free day since 1992. It is a memorial day in Slovenia, that is annually observed on August 17. This holiday celebrates the day, when the Slovenes of Prekmurje reunited with the mother nation.
Prekmurje is a historic region in eastern Slovenia. It lays between the Mur River in Slovenia, and the Raba Valley in the most western part of Hungary. Since this region was settled by Slovens, it maintains specific Slovenian traditions and customs.
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