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Kančevci
Felsőszentbenedek | |
|---|---|
 St. Benedict's Parish Church | |
  Kančevci Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°45′21.42″N 16°14′21.85″E / 46.7559500°N 16.2394028°E | |
| Country |
Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Prekmurje |
| Statistical region | Mura |
| Municipality | Moravske Toplice |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.1 km2 (1.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 331.5 m (1,087.6 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 55 |
| [1] | |
Kančevci (pronounced [ˈkaːntʃɛu̯tsi]; Hungarian: Felsőszentbenedek, [2] Prekmurje Slovene: Kančovci [2]) is a village in the Municipality of Moravske Toplice in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. [3]
Church
The parish church, built to the east of the main settlement, is dedicated to Saint Benedict. It was first mentioned in written sources dating to 1208. It has a single nave with a polygonal choir and was extensively renovated and rebuilt in a Neo-Romanesque style in 1898. [4] It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota. [5]
Notable people
- Miklós Küzmics (1737–1804), writer
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ a b Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 7.
- ^ Moravske Toplice municipal site
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3056
- ^ Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal site
External links
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Media related to
Kančevci at Wikimedia Commons - Kančevci on Geopedia
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