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.
- Village with about 5,340 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 100 metres (330 feet)
- Description: municipality and settlement in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia
- Also known as“Erdetski Lekenik”“Turopoljski Lekenik”
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Brežane Lekeničke
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5 km west of Lekenik
Lekenik
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Latitude
45.58427° or 45° 35′ 3″ north
Longitude
16.21062° or 16° 12′ 38″ east
Open location code
8FQRH6M6+P6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Lekenik” goes by many names.
LekenikBasque
LekenikBosnian
ЛекеникBulgarian
LekenikCatalan
LekenikCebuano
LekenikCroatian
LekenikCzech
LekenikDutch
לקניקHebrew
LekenikHungarian
LekenikItalian
レケニクJapanese
LekenikLombard
LekenikNorwegian Nynorsk
Gmina LekenikPolish
LekenikPolish
Comuna LekenikRomanian
Comuna Lekenik, Sisak-MoslavinaRomanian
LekenikSwedish
LekenikTurkish
ЛекеникUkrainian
LekenikUzbek
LekenikVenetian
LekenikWaray (Philippines)
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