Kančevci Explained

Official Name:Kančevci
Other Name:Felsőszentbenedek
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 Km2:4.1
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:55
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.756°N 16.2394°W
Elevation M:331.5
Footnotes:[1]

Kančevci (in Slovenian pronounced as /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

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-SYFIV41W/13133489-d7a8-46ec-b09a-0e6d646f64bc/PDF Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 7.
  3. http://www.moravske-toplice.si/ Moravske Toplice municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
  5. http://www.druzina.si/icd/spletnastran.nsf/all/C473D3A8903F17BEC12572030034F950?OpenDocument Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal site