Pečarovci
Appearance
Pečarovci
Szentsebestyén | |
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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 |
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Pečarovci (in older sources also Sveti Sebeštjan,[2] Hungarian: Szentsebestyén[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Puconci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.[3]
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.[4] The second church is an Lutheran church built to the north of the main settlement in the hamlet of Gorenšček.
Notable people
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
External links
- Pečarovci on Geopedia
- Media related to Pečarovci at Wikimedia Commons