Strukovci
Encyclopedia
Strukovci is a settlement in the Puconci
Municipality
in the Prekmurje
region of Slovenia
. It is divided into Zgornji Strukovci and Spodnji Strukovci (Upper and Lower Strukovci).
The Evangelical writer István Küzmics
was born in the village in arund 1723. His birthhouse, though still lived in, is protected as a monument and a commemorative plaque
was unveiled on the building.
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...
. It is divided into Zgornji Strukovci and Spodnji Strukovci (Upper and Lower Strukovci).
The Evangelical writer István Küzmics
István Küzmics
István Küzmics also known in Slovenian as Štefan or Števan Küzmič was the most important Lutheran writer of the Slovenes in Hungary....
was born in the village in arund 1723. His birthhouse, though still lived in, is protected as a monument and a commemorative plaque
Commemorative plaque
A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical surface, and bearing text in memory of an important figure or event...
was unveiled on the building.