Lekenik
Lekenik is a village and a municipality in central Croatia, located between Sisak and Velika Gorica in the lowland region of Turopolje. Norman Jewison chose Lekenik to represent Anatevka for the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof, after visiting other sites in Austria, Canada, and Romania.
- Type: Village with 1,900 residents
- Description: municipality and settlement in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia
- Also known as: “Erdetski Lekenik”, “Lekenicka Poljana”, “Lekenička Poljana”, “Letovanic”, “Letovanić”, and “Turopoljski Lekenik”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Poljana Lekenička and Pešćenica.
Pešćenica
Village
Pešćenica is a village in Croatia. Pešćenica is situated 4 km northwest of Lekenik.
Brežane Lekeničke
Village
Brežane Lekeničke is a village in Croatia. Brežane Lekeničke is situated 5 km west of Lekenik.
Lekenik
- Categories: municipality of Croatia and locality
- Location: Municipality of Lekenik, Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.58427° or 45° 35′ 3″ north
Longitude
16.21062° or 16° 12′ 38″ east
Population
1,900
Elevation
102 metres (335 feet)
Open location code
8FQRH6M6+P6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Lekenik” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lekenik”
- Bosnian: “Lekenik”
- Bulgarian: “Лекеник”
- Catalan: “Lekenik”
- Cebuano: “Lekenik”
- Croatian: “Lekenik”
- Czech: “Lekenik”
- Dutch: “Lekenik”
- French: “Lekenik”
- German: “Lekenik”
- Hebrew: “לקניק”
- Hungarian: “Lekenik”
- Italian: “Lekenik”
- Japanese: “レケニク”
- Lombard: “Lekenik”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lekenik”
- Polish: “Gmina Lekenik”
- Polish: “Lekenik”
- Romanian: “Comuna Lekenik, Sisak-Moslavina”
- Romanian: “Comuna Lekenik”
- Russian: “Лекеник”
- Serbian: “Lekenik”
- Serbian: “Лекеник”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lekenik”
- Slovenian: “Lekenik”
- Spanish: “Lekenik”
- Swedish: “Lekenik”
- Turkish: “Lekenik”
- Ukrainian: “Лекеник”
- Uzbek: “Lekenik”
- Venetian: “Lekenik”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lekenik”
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