Šafarsko
Encyclopedia
Šafarsko is a village
on the right bank of the river Ščavnica
in the Razkrižje
Municipality
in eastern Slovenia
, next to the border with Croatia
. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria
region and is now included in the Pomurska statistical region
.
The Slovene writer
Vlado Žabot
was born in the village in 1958.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
on the right bank of the river Ščavnica
Šcavnica
The Ščavnica is a 56 km-long river in Lower Styria, Slovenia. It sources near Zgornja Velka and flows along Slovenske gorice towards southeast...
in the Razkrižje
Razkrižje
Razkrižje is a village and a tiny municipality in Slovenia. Traditionally it was included in the region of Styria, lying on its extreme eastern tip. It is now included in the Mura statistical region...
Municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in eastern Slovenia
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...
, next to the border with Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria
Lower Styria
Lower Styria or Slovenian Styria is a traditional region in northeastern Slovenia, comprising the southern third of the former Duchy of Styria. The population of Lower Styria in its historical boundaries amounts to around 705,000 inhabitants, or 34.5% of the population of Slovenia...
region and is now included in the Pomurska statistical region
Pomurska statistical region
The Mura statistical region is a statistical region in the north-east of Slovenia. It is predominantly agricultural with field crops representing over three quarters of the total utilised agricultural area, twice as much as the Slovene average...
.
The Slovene writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
Vlado Žabot
Vlado Žabot
Vlado Žabot is a Slovene writer and journalist. He was president of the Slovene Writers' Association for two terms between 2003 and 2007.Žabot was born in Šafarsko in eastern Slovenia in 1958...
was born in the village in 1958.