Puconci Explained

Official Name:Puconci
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:Puconci
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:4.89
Population As Of:2019
Population Total:633
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.7039°N 16.1572°W
Elevation M:205.7

Puconci (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈpuːtsɔntsi/; in older sources also Pucinci,[2] Hungarian: Battyánd,[2] Prekmurje Slovene: Püconci[3]) is a settlement in the Prekmurje region in northeastern Slovenia.[4] It is the seat of the Municipality of Puconci. Prior to 1920 it was known as Battyánd.

Church

There is a Lutheran church in the middle of the settlement, built in 1784, the first Lutheran church in the region of Prekmurje.[5] It was rebuilt and restyled in 1909.[6]

Notable people

Prominent natives and residents of Puconci include the writers István Lülik, Sándor Terplán, Rudolf Czipott, and Ferenc Berke, and the politician Feri Horvat.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Naselje Puconci . Statistični urad Republike Slovenije . March 12, 2020.
  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. http://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-10R1SL0L/c83d93f0-2a6e-44ae-9249-c7bd7aaeae27/PDF "Živinsko i drobno senje (sejmi) v Sl. Krajini." 1929. Nájszvetejsega Szrca Jezusovoga veliki kalendár za lüdsztvo 26: 103.
  4. http://www.puconci.si Puconci municipal site
  5. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
  6. Web site: Pogled v zgodovino . View into History . Evangeličanska cerkev AV v Republiki Sloveniji [The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Denomination in the Republic of Slovenia] . 16 November 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120411001407/http://www.evang-cerkev.si/puconci/page.asp?id_informacija=146&id_language=1&id_meta_type=57 . 11 April 2012 .