Pečarovci
Encyclopedia
Pečarovci is a village
in the Puconci
Municipality
in the Prekmurje
region of Slovenia
.
Thre 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. The second church is an Evangelical
church, built to the north of the main settlement in the area known as Gorenšček.
The poet and teacher Mihály Bertalanits
and the politician József Klekl
both lived in the village. Here lived and died Iván Persa
writer.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Puconci
Puconci
Puconci is a town and a municipality in Slovenia. Prior to 1920 it was known as Battyánd, Hungary.The majority of the population is Lutheran, making Puconci one of the few Slovenian municipalities where the majority of the population belongs to a non-Catholic denomination.There is a Lutheran...
Municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Prekmurje
Prekmurje
Prekmurje is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region settled by Slovenes and lying between the Mur River in Slovenia and the Rába Valley in the most western part of Hungary...
region of Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
.
Thre are two churches in the settlement. The Roman Catholic Parish Church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
is dedicated to Saint Sebastian and was built in 1824. It has a single nave
Nave
In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting...
with a polygonal apse
Apse
In architecture, the apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome...
and a belfry
Bell tower
A bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in...
on its eastern side. It belongs to the Diocese of Murska Sobota. The second church is an Evangelical
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...
church, built to the north of the main settlement in the area known as Gorenšček.
The poet and teacher Mihály Bertalanits
Mihály Bertalanits
Mihály Bertalanits was Slovene cantor, teacher and poet in Hungary.Born in a deceased village Gerečavci between Večeslavci and Sveti Jurij near Rogašovci. Bertalanits was son of peasant György Bertalanics and Katarina . In 1806 was auxiliary teacher in Beltinci, in 1808 teacher in Felsőszölnök...
and the politician József Klekl
József Klekl (politician)
József Klekl Slovene Roman Catholic priest and politician in Hungary, writer, governor of the Slovene People's Party , later congressman in Belgrade...
both lived in the village. Here lived and died Iván Persa
Iván Persa
Iván Persa was Hungarian Slovene Roman Catholic priest and writer.Born near Beltinci into the village Ižakovci, his parents was István Persa and Mária Kolár peasants. Ordained was July 14, 1885...
writer.