Kančevci
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| Kančevci Felsőszentbenedek |
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| St. Benedict's Parish Church
St. Benedict's Parish Church
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 Kančevci
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| 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 |
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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
- Miklós Küzmics (1737–1804), writer
References
- ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 7.
- ↑ Moravske Toplice municipal site
- ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3056
- ↑ Družina RC Church in Slovenia Journal site
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Kančevci on Geopedia
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