Čikečka Vas
Csekefa | |
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Coordinates: 46°43′15.74″N 16°19′12.37″E / 46.7210389°N 16.3201028°E | |
Country |
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Traditional region | Prekmurje |
Statistical region | Mura |
Municipality | Moravske Toplice |
Area | |
• Total | 4.27 km2 (1.65 sq mi) |
Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 95 |
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Čikečka Vas (pronounced [tʃiˈkeːtʃka ˈʋaːs] or [ˈtʃiːkɛtʃka ˈʋaːs]; Slovene: Čikečka vas, Hungarian: Csekefa) is a village in the Municipality of Moravske Toplice in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. [2] The village includes the hamlets of Felső-vég, Alsó-vég, and Cseke-hegy. It also has many Hungarian-language microtoponyms, including Alsó-mező, Felső-mező, and Külsö-hegy (fields), Vizköz and Alsó-rét (meadows), and Nagy-ritás and Ritka-tögyes (woods). [3]
Čikečka Vas is also known as Čikečka ves in the local dialect. It is known as Csekefa in Hungarian. [3]
Čikečka Vas was first mentioned in written sources in 1208. [3] [4] A school was established in 1941, but was discontinued in 1945. A fire station was built in 1954. The local mill stopped operating in 1962. [3]
Čikečka Vas is the site of an unmarked grave associated with the Second World War or its aftermath. The Čikečka Vas Grave ( Slovene: Grobišče Čikečka vas) lies east of the village, in the parking lot left of the entrance to the village cemetery. It contains the remains of a Hungarian that was shot while crossing the border illegally. [5]
There is a small chapel with a three-storey belfry in the settlement. [6]