Gornji Slaveči

Gornji Slaveči
Gornji Slaveči Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°48′56.96″N 16°3′56.05″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Prekmurje
Statistical region	Mura
Municipality	Kuzma
Area
• Total	4.71 km^2 (1.82 sq mi)
Elevation	260.2 m (853.7 ft)
Population  (2019)
• Total	437
[1]

Gornji Slaveči (pronounced [ˈɡoːɾnji ˈslaːʋɛtʃi]; Hungarian: Felsőcsalogány, German: Ober Slabitsch[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Kuzma in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.[3]

Name

The name Gornji Slaveči (literally, 'upper Slaveči') contrasts with the name Dolnji Slaveči (literally, 'lower Slaveči'), a village in the neighboring Municipality of Grad. Dolnji Slaveči lies about 20 meters (66 ft) lower in elevation than Gornji Slaveči.

History

Under the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the village was part of the lordship of Grad. Until 1920 Gornji Slaveči belonged to Hungary, and after the Treaty of Trianon it belonged to Yugoslavia. During the Second World War it was annexed by Hungary, and after 1945 it belonged to Yugoslavia again. Since the foundation of the Republic of Slovenia it has belonged to Slovenia.

Church

There is a large Lutheran church in the settlement. It was built in 1928.

Notable residents

• Ludvik Čurman/Csurmann (1913–1943), Lutheran priest and resistance fighter in the Second World War, died in Russia
• Rudolf Čurman/Csurmann (1898–1945), farmer and resistance fighter in the Second World War, died in Schörzingen

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Rajšp, Vincenc. 2001. Slovenija na vojaškem zemljevidu 1763-1787, vol. 7. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, p. 125.
3. Kuzma municipal site

External links

• Gornji Slaveči on Geopedia