Gornji Petrovci

Gornji Petrovci Péterhegy
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Gornji Petrovci Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°48′17.83″N 16°13′1.95″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Prekmurje
Statistical region	Mura
Municipality	Gornji Petrovci
Area
• Total	5.3 km^2 (2.0 sq mi)
Elevation	282.8 m (927.8 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	411
• Density	78/km^2 (200/sq mi)
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Gornji Petrovci (pronounced [ˈɡoːɾnji pɛˈtɾoːu̯tsi]; Hungarian: Péterhegy,[2] Prekmurje Slovene: Gornji Petrouvci[3]) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci.[4]

Churches

Holy Trinity Church

There are two churches in Gornji Petrovci. The Roman Catholic parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and is a structure that originated in the late 13th century, but was rebuilt on a number of occasions in the following centuries, preserving certain features from each phase. The relatively short nave is Romanesque, with Baroque internal furnishings. The sanctuary is Late Gothic.[5] The local Lutheran church is a large single-nave building and is one of the largest Lutheran churches in Prekmurje. It was built in 1804 and renovated in 1894.[6]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Gornji Petrovci include:

• Mátyás Godina (1768–1835), Lutheran pastor and writer
• János Hüll (1714–1781), dean of the Slovene March
• Sándor Mikola (1871–1945), physics teacher and irredentist

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 12.
3. Mőrszka Krajina Vérsztveni, politicsni i kulturni tjédnik (28 January 1923) p. 2.
4. Gornji Petrovci municipal site
5. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 2997
6. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 4148

External links

• Gornji Petrovci on Geopedia