Official Name: | Skakovci |
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: | Cankova |
Area Total Km2: | 5.03 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 203 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.7068°N 16.0489°W |
Elevation M: | 206.9 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 9261 |
Registration Plate: | MS |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Skakovci (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈskaːkɔu̯tsi/; Hungarian: Szécsényifalva[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Cankova in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia.
There is a small chapel in the settlement. It is built of red brick and has a three-storey belfry. A commemorative plaque dedicated to victims of cholera dates the building to 1832. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and belongs to the Parish of Cankova.[3]
There is an engraving of the chapel on the gravestone of Anton Sinko, in the Avondale Cemetery, in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Born at his home in Skakovci in 1933, Anton emigrated to Canada in the late 1950s, settled in Stratford, married Elizabeth Glosnek, and raised six children. He died in 2007, age 73.