Markovci, Šalovci Explained

Official Name:Markovci
Other Name:Marokrét
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:Šalovci
Area Total Km2:8.17
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:294
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.8443°N 16.2349°W
Elevation M:310.2
Footnotes:[1]

Markovci (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈmaːɾkɔu̯tsi/; Hungarian: Marokrét[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Šalovci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.[3]

The parish church west of the settlement is dedicated to the Visitation of the Virgin and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota. It was originally built in 1644 but totally rebuilt in 1884 after a fire destroyed the old church. Only the belfry remains of the original church.[4]

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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. 10.
  3. http://www.salovci.si/ Šalovci municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage