Dokležovje

Dokležovje
Dokležovje

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°36′3.65″N 16°10′21.19″E / 46.6010139°N 16.1725528°ECoordinates: 46°36′3.65″N 16°10′21.19″E / 46.6010139°N 16.1725528°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Prekmurje
Statistical region Mura
Municipality Beltinci
Area
  Total 5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi)
Elevation 182.9 m (600.1 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 960
[1]

Dokležovje (pronounced [dɔˈkleːʒɔu̯jɛ]; Hungarian: Murahely[2] or Deklezs,[3] Prekmurje Slovene: Dekležovje,[4] old name: Dekležin, German: Neufellsdorf[3]) is a village in the Municipality of Beltinci in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia.[5]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Stephen. It was built in 1844 and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota.[6]

References

  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Etnologija slovencev na Madžarskem 4 (2003). Budapest: Madžarsko etnološko društvo, p. 46.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Engelke, Edda, & Mateja Čoh. 2011. "Jeder Flüchtling ist eine Schwächung der Volksdemokratie": die illegalen Überschreitungen am jugoslawisch-steirischen Grenzabschnitt in den Fünfzigerjahren. Vienna: Lit Verlag, p. 333.
  4. Kühar, Števan, & Vilko Novak (ed.). 1988. Ljudsko izročilo Prekmurja. Murska Sobota: Pomurska založba, pp. 117 ff.
  5. Beltinci municipal site
  6. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 1254

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