Puconci

Puconci
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Puconci Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°42′14″N 16°09′26″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Prekmurje
Statistical region	Mura
Municipality	Puconci
Area [1]
• Total	4.89 km^2 (1.89 sq mi)
Elevation	205.7 m (674.9 ft)
Population  (2019)[1]
• Total	633

Puconci (pronounced [ˈpuːtsɔntsi]; in older sources also Pucinci,[2] Hungarian: Battyánd,[2] Prekmurje Slovene: Püconci[3]) is a settlement in the Prekmurje region in northeastern Slovenia.[4] It is the seat of the Municipality of Puconci. Prior to 1920 it was known as Battyánd.

Church

Puconci Lutheran church

There is a Lutheran church in the middle of the settlement, built in 1784, the first Lutheran church in the region of Prekmurje.[5] It was rebuilt and restyled in 1909.[6]

Notable people

Prominent natives and residents of Puconci include the writers István Lülik, Sándor Terplán, Rudolf Czipott, and Ferenc Berke, and the politician Feri Horvat.

References

1. "Naselje Puconci". Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
2. Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 12.
3. "Živinsko i drobno senje (sejmi) v Sl. Krajini." 1929. Nájszvetejsega Szrca Jezusovoga veliki kalendár za lüdsztvo 26: 103. (in Slovene)
4. Puconci municipal site
5. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 4153
6. "Pogled v zgodovino" [View into History]. Evangeličanska cerkev AV v Republiki Sloveniji [The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Denomination in the Republic of Slovenia]. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.

External links

• Puconci on Geopedia