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Murska Sobota (Hungarian: Muraszombat, Prekmurian: Mürska Sobouta), is a town and municipality in northeastern Slovenia. It is located near the river Mura in the region of Prekmurje and is the regional capital. The municipality has just over 20.000 inhabitants.[2]
[edit] Name  Officially, the town is known as Murska Sobota, although in the local Prekmurian dialect it is usually referred simply as Sobouta. The traditional German name of the town is Olsnitz, which derives from the old Slovene name Olšnica. The modern Slovene name is a translation of the Hungarian denomination Muraszombat, which was the official name of the town until 1919. Murska Sobota was a district (Hungarian: járás) town of Vas in the Kingdom of Hungary until 1918. It was occupied by Hungary again during World War II, from 1941 to 1944. Between 1944 and 1945 it was under Nazi German occupation and it was liberated by Soviet troops in May 1945. It was also part of Balatin sanjak which belonged at first Budin Eyalet, later Kanije Eyaleti before Treaty of Carlowitz. [edit] FeaturesIt used to be Yugoslavia's northernmost town, and throughout history it has shifted across borders between Slovenia, Yugoslavia and Hungary. Hungarians still represent a 3,000 people minority. In 1919 here was declared the Republic of Prekmurje and the town was capital the of the new state. In 1991, during Slovenia's Ten-Day War against the Yugoslav Federal Army, Murska Sobota was bombed by air, with no casualties or visible damage. Today, it is a quiet town that lives around the regional authorities' activities, light industry, commerce and spa tourism. In April 2006 the city became the see of the newly created Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota, which is a suffragan to the archdiocese of Maribor. [edit] Jewish community of Murska SobotaThe once significant Jewish community of Austrian and Hungarian descents of Murska Sobota was eliminated by Nazi Germany. Before the Second World War, a Synagogue, which was solemnly inaugurated on 31 August 1908 and demolished in 1954 by the local Communists authorities, after purchasing the building from a decimated Jewish community. On April 26 1944 all Jews were ordered to gather in the Synagogue of Murska Sobota, with personal luggage alone. There, they were locked up over night without food or water and the next morning, all Jews of Murska Sobota were transferred to Čakovec and then to Nagykanizsa, the main concentration camp before their final destination - Auschwitz-Birkenau.[3] The last rabbi in Murska Sobota was Dr. Lazar Roth, born in Jalšva in the Czech lands. He was murdered in Auschwitz. [edit] Towns and villagesBakovci, Černelavci, Krog, Kupšinci, Markišavci, Murska Sobota, Nemčavci, Polana, Rakičan, Satahovci, Veščica [edit] International relationsMain article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovenia [edit] Twin towns — Sister citiesMurska Sobota is twinned with: [edit] See also[edit] References[edit] External links 
Coordinates: 46°40′N 16°10′E / 46.667°N 16.167°E
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