Čikečka Vas Explained

Official Name:Čikečka Vas
Other Name:Csekefa
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Prekmurje
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Mura
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Moravske Toplice
Area Total Km2:4.27
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:95
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.721°N 16.3201°W
Elevation M:230
Footnotes:[1]

Čikečka Vas (in Slovenian pronounced as /tʃiˈkeːtʃka ˈʋaːs/ or in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈtʃiːkɛtʃka ˈʋaːs/; Slovenian: 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]

Name

Čikečka Vas is also known as Čikečka ves in the local dialect. It is known as Csekefa in Hungarian.[3]

History

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]

Unmarked grave

Čikečka Vas is the site of an unmarked grave associated with the Second World War or its aftermath. The Čikečka Vas Grave (Slovenian: 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]

Chapel

There is a small chapel with a three-storey belfry in the settlement.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.moravske-toplice.si/ Moravske Toplice municipal site
  3. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1980. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 4. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 289.
  4. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 460.
  5. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Čikečka vas . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . November 3, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
  6. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage