Pertoča Explained

Official Name:Pertoča
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:Prekmurje
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Mura
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Rogašovci
Area Total Km2:4.73
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:479
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.7749°N 16.0443°W
Elevation M:227.7
Footnotes:[1]

Pertoča (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈpɛːɾtɔtʃa/; in older sources also Prtoča,[2] Hungarian: Perestó,[2] German: St. Helena[3]) is a village in the Municipality of Rogašovci in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia.[4]

The parish church in the village is dedicated to Saint Helena. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota. It was originally a Gothic building dating to the 16th century. In the 1960s the original church was demolished and rebuilt in a modern style.[5]

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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. 12.
  3. Rajšp, Vincenc. 2001. Slovenija na vojaškem zemljevidu 1763-1787, vol. 7. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, p. 121.
  4. Web site: Rogašovci municipal site . 2020-05-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100810032939/http://www.obcina-rogasovci.si/ . 2010-08-10 . dead .
  5. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage