Satahovci Explained

Official Name:Satahovci
Other Name:Setovci (locally)
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:Murska Sobota
Area Total Km2:3.64
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:310
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.6319°N 16.1172°W
Elevation M:191.7
Footnotes:[1]

Satahovci (pronounced as /sl/; Hungarian: Muraszentes[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Murska Sobota in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.[3]

Name

Satahovci was attested in written sources as Zetekolcz in 1365.[4] [5] The Slovene name Satahovci (like the Hungarian name Muraszentes and older Szvetahócz[6] or Szvetehócz[5]) is derived from the adjective *svętъ 'holy, sacred', referring to a consecrated place.[7] In older sources, Satahovci is also attested in Slovene as Setovci, Svetovci, and Svetahovci.[7] [8] [9] Today his name in Prekmurje Slovene Setovci.

Cultural heritage

There is a small chapel in the settlement dedicated to the Holy Spirit. It was built in 1852 and has a belfry with an onion-domed copper-covered roof.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Radkersburg und Luttenberg (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut.
  3. http://www.murska-sobota.si Murska Sobota municipal site
  4. Book: Zelko . Ivan . Prekmurje do leta 1500 . 1982 . Pomurska založba . Murska Sobota . 81.
  5. Book: Csánki . Dezső . Magyarország történelmi földrajza a Hunyadiak korában . 1892 . Magyar Tudományos Akadémia . Budapest . 802.
  6. Book: Fényes . Elek . Magyar országnak, 's a' hozzá kapcsolt tartományoknak mostani állapotja statistikai és geographiai tekintetben . 1841 . Trattner . Pest . 377.
  7. Book: Smej . Jožef . Panker . Mateja . Satahovci nekoč in danes . 2002 . Zavod sv. Miklavža . Murska Sobota . 169-175.
  8. News: Krajevna imena v Prekmurji in krajevni imenik . February 5, 2021 . Prekmurski glasnik . 10 . October 10, 1920 . 3.
  9. Škafar . Ivan . Sodelovanje dr. Franca Ivanocyja in Jožefa Klekla st. pri zemljevidu slovenskega ozemlja . Časopis za zgodovino in narodopisje . 1977 . 48 . 1-2 . 256.
  10. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage