Šentilj
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Šentilj is a municipality
in Slovenia
. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šentilj v Slovenskih goricah
(German: St. Egidi in Windischbüheln). This town was an Austria-Slovenia border crossing checkpoint until December 21, 2007, when all immigration and customs checks ended after Slovenia joined the Schengen Area
. The Austrian town opposite Šentilj is Spielfeld
.
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 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...
. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šentilj v Slovenskih goricah
Šentilj v Slovenskih goricah
Šentilj v Slovenskih Goricah is a town and the administrative centre of the Municipality of Šentilj in northeastern Slovenia.The parish church, from which the settlement also gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Giles. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1329. In 1532 it was...
(German: St. Egidi in Windischbüheln). This town was an Austria-Slovenia border crossing checkpoint until December 21, 2007, when all immigration and customs checks ended after Slovenia joined the Schengen Area
Schengen Area
The Schengen Area comprises the territories of twenty-five European countries that have implemented the Schengen Agreement signed in the town of Schengen, Luxembourg, in 1985...
. The Austrian town opposite Šentilj is Spielfeld
Spielfeld
Spielfeld is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria. It was an Austria-Slovenia border crossing checkpoint until December 21 2007 when all immigration and customs checks ended after Slovenia joined the Schengen Area. The Slovene town opposite Spielfeld is Šentilj....
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