Banfi is a village in northern

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, part of the

Štrigova Štrigova (german: Stridau; hu, Stridóvár) is a village and municipality in Međimurje County, in northern Croatia. History Oldest archaeological finds in Štrigova municipality are from Roman period The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Ro ...

municipality within Međimurje County. The village is located at the border with

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Name

The village is named after noble family Bánffy, in whose possession it was. In Hungarian language village is called ''Bánfihegy'' ("Banffy's hills").

History

At the site of today's Banfi manor, there was an older castle built by a members of noble family Bánffy de Alsólendva. Castle was probably built in the 14th century. An

urbarium An urbarium (german: Urbar, English: ''urbarium'', also ''rental'' or ''rent-roll'', pl, urbarz, sk, urbár, hu, urbárium), is a register of fief ownership and includes the rights and benefits that the fief holder has over his serfs and peasant ...

from year 1672 mentions a cellar (''Baanffy Cellarium'') and vineyards (''Vinea Banffi in monte Strigowsky''). The cellar and vineyards were in possession of

Zrinski Zrinski () was a Croatian- Hungarian noble family, a cadet branch of the Croatian noble tribe of Šubić, influential during the period in history marked by the Ottoman wars in Europe in the Kingdom of Croatia's union with the Kingdom of Hungar ...

noble family.

Banfi Manor Banfi Manor ( hr, Dvorac Banfi or ; hu, Bánffy-kastély) is an old building structure situated on a hill in the village of Banfi, next to the municipality seat of Štrigova in Međimurje county, northern Croatia. Manor was built in 18th cent ...

, most notable building in village, was built in 18th century on the ruins of castle Banffy.

Geography

Banfi is located in part of Međimurje called Gornje Međimurje. Banfi is about 20 kilometres northwest from Čakovec, and some 110 kilometres north of

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. Landscape of Banfi consist of low hills called Međimurske gorice, covered with

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s, orchards and woodlands. There is a border crossing with Slovenia in Banfi. Border crossing is located on road that connects county seat Čakovec with town of

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in Slovenia. Banfi had a population of 262 in 2011 census. Banfi is experiencing

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since the 1960s.

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Međimurje County