1919, the
Republic
of Prekmurje
was declared here
and the city was the capital of the new state. In 1991, during the
Ten-Day Warbetween Slovenia and the
Yugoslav Federal Army, Murska Sobota
was bombed from the air, with no casualties or visible damage. Today, it is a
quiet city with an economy based on regional administration, light industry,
commerce, and spa tourism. In April 2006, the city became the see of the newly
created
Roman Catholic Diocese of
Murska Sobota, which is a
suffragan
to the archdiocese of
Maribor.
The once
significant Jewish community of Murska Sobota was
eliminated by Nazi Germany.
Before the World War II, a synagogue built by Lipót
Baumhorn stood in Murska Sobota.
It was consecrated on 31 August 1908 and demolished in 1954 by the local communist authorities after they purchasing the
building from a decimated Jewish community. The last rabbi in Murska Sobota was Lazar Roth. He was murdered at Auschwitz.
