Vratišinec: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

In Vratišinec, the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the Old School Building are protected immovable cultural assets of the town. The Old School Building is part of the secular architectural heritage.

Those who choose Vratišinec as a travel destination may wish to rent a holiday apartment there.

Culture and History

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was built in 1897 as a spacious pseudo-Gothic structure with a polygonal chancel and 28 buttresses.

The Old School Building stands in the historic centre of Vratišinec at the intersection of two access roads. It dates from 1874 and has a rectangular floor plan, neoclassical façades and shallow pilasters.

Traditions

KUD Dr. Vinko Žganec Vratišinec was founded in 1970. During his lifetime, Vinko Žganec gave the association written permission to bear his name.

Vinko Žganec was born in Vratišinec and recorded more than 25,000 folk songs, instrumental melodies, dances and customs. Every year, both his birthday and the anniversary of his death are commemorated in Vratišinec.

The town also has a choral tradition associated with school and church choirs. Organised singing gatherings began after the parish was founded in 1789. An exhibition was being prepared at the Spomen-dom dr. Vinka Žganca to present his life and contribution as an ethnomusicologist and melographer.

Geographical Location

Vratišinec is located on the Čakovec–Lendava railway line towards Slovenia.

For the overview of the wider destination: Općina Vratišinec.