Moravske Toplice
Encyclopedia
Moravske Toplice is a town and a municipality in Slovenia
, part of the Prekmurje
region. It is best known as a spa town
.
The municipality is an important center of Lutheranism
in Slovenia. Large Lutheran churches are found both in the settlement, as in other surrounding villages. The majority of the population is Roman Catholic, but the Lutheran minority makes up more than 40% of the population.
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
, part of the Prekmurje
Prekmurje
Prekmurje is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region settled by Slovenes and lying between the Mur River in Slovenia and the Rába Valley in the most western part of Hungary...
region. It is best known as a spa town
Spa town
A spa town is a town situated around a mineral spa . Patrons resorted to spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits. The word comes from the Belgian town Spa. In continental Europe a spa was known as a ville d'eau...
.
The municipality is an important center of Lutheranism
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...
in Slovenia. Large Lutheran churches are found both in the settlement, as in other surrounding villages. The majority of the population is Roman Catholic, but the Lutheran minority makes up more than 40% of the population.
Demographics
Population by mother tongue, census 2002- Slovene 5,617 (91.32%)
- HungarianHungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
324 (5.26%) - Others and Unknown 210 (3.42%)
- Total 6,151