Cirkovce Explained

Official Name:Cirkovce
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Drava
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kidričevo
Area Total Km2:4.47
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:403
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.3947°N 15.727°W
Elevation M:242.2
Footnotes:[1]

Cirkovce (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈtsiːɾkɔu̯tsɛ/, German: Zirkowetz[2]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kidričevo in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the regional road from Kidričevo to Pragersko. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Statistical Region.[3]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. Planned by Hans Pascher, it was built between 1904 and 1906 on the site of an earlier building mentioned in written documents dating to 1404.[4] [5]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Cirkovce include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko . 1904 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 232.
  3. http://www.kidricevo.si/ Kidričevo municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
  5. Franci Lazarini Arhitekt Hans Pascher in cerkvena arhitektura poznega historizma na Slovenskem Stajerskem p. 807-828 (English abstract). Studia Historica Slovenica 2011 (2-3)
  6. Bokal, Ljudmila, ed. 2008. Čebelarski terminološki slovar. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU and Lukovica: Čebelarska zveza Slovenije, p. 253.