Pečarovci (pronounced [pɛˈtʃaːɾɔu̯tsi]; in older sources also Sveti Sebeštjan,[2] Hungarian: Szentsebestyén,[2] Prekmurje Slovene: Püčarovci[3]) is a village in the Municipality of Puconci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.[4]
Pečarovci
Szentsebestyén | |
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 The Topla prouška annual fair in Pečarovci (2008) | |
  Pečarovci Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°44′47.18″N 16°7′58.95″E / 46.7464389°N 16.1330417°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Prekmurje |
| Statistical region | Mura |
| Municipality | Puconci |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 267.2 m (876.6 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 414 |
| [1] | |
There are two churches in the settlement. The Roman Catholic parish church is dedicated to Saint Sebastian and was built in 1824. It has a single nave with a polygonal apse and a belfry on its eastern side. It belongs to the Diocese of Murska Sobota.[5] The second church is a Lutheran church built north of the main settlement in the hamlet of Gorenšček.
Notable people edit
Notable people that were born or lived in Pečarovci include:
- Mihály Bertalanits (1788–1853), poet and teacher
- József Klekl (1874–1948), politician
- Iván Persa (1861–1935), writer
References edit
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ a b Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 12.
- ^ Prijátel znanoszt razserjüvajocse meszecsne novine (1876).
- ^ Puconci municipal site
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3222
External links edit
Media related to Pečarovci at Wikimedia Commons- Pečarovci on Geopedia
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