Kančevci

Kančevci
Felsőszentbenedek

St. Benedict's Parish Church
Kančevci

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°45′21.42″N 16°14′21.85″E / 46.7559500°N 16.2394028°ECoordinates: 46°45′21.42″N 16°14′21.85″E / 46.7559500°N 16.2394028°E
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Prekmurje
Statistical region Mura
Municipality Moravske Toplice
Area
 • Total 4.1 km2 (1.6 sq mi)
Elevation 331.5 m (1,087.6 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 55
[1]

Kančevci (pronounced [ˈkaːntʃɛu̯tsi]; Hungarian: Felsőszentbenedek,[2] Prekmurje Slovene: Kančovci[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Moravske Toplice in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.[3]

Church

The parish church, built to the east of the main settlement, is dedicated to Saint Benedict. It was first mentioned in written sources dating to 1208. It has a single nave with a polygonal choir and was extensively renovated and rebuilt in a Neo-Romanesque style in 1898.[4] It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota.[5]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 7.
  3. ↑ Moravske Toplice municipal site
  4. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3056
  5. ↑ Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal site

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