Castle Map

Castle

Murska Sobota Castle

Slovenia

Heritage status
monument of local significance
Location
City Municipality of Murska Sobota
Coordinates
46.66221°, 16.16014°
Open on the map →Wikipedia (DE) ↗
Murska Sobota Castle in Slovenia
Photo: Franc Lanjšček · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The town of Murska Sobota (German: Olsnitz, Hungarian: Muraszombat, Prekmurje Slovene: Mürska Subouta, Mürska Sobota) is a small town in the extreme northeast of Slovenia, in the Ravensko plain of the historic region of Prekmurje. It is the main town of the Municipality of Murska Sobota.

In 2006 the town was raised to the episcopal seat of the newly established Diocese of Murska Sobota, a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Maribor.

The Municipality of Murska Sobota (Slovene: Mestna občina) had 18,622 inhabitants in 2021, and the town itself had 11,025.

Machine-translated from “Murska Sobota” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Murska Sobota Castle ranks #4,435 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #22 of the 50 mapped in Slovenia. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,326 times in the last 60 days, more than 73% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Maribor, 42 km away. See how Slovenia compares in the castle statistics.

Castles nearby

More castles in Slovenia