Cirkovce (, german: Zirkowetz) is a settlement in the

Municipality of Kidričevo The Municipality of Kidričevo (; sl, Občina Kidričevo) is a municipality near Ptuj in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Kidričevo. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is no ...

in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the regional road from Kidričevo to

Pragersko Pragersko (, in older sources ''Pragarsko'', german: Pragerhof) is a small town in the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica in northeastern Slovenia. History The former Austrian Southern Railway from Vienna to Ljubljana and Sežana runs through the ...

. The area is part of the traditional region of

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the

Drava Statistical Region The Drava Statistical Region ( sl, Podravska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest city in the region is Maribor. The region's name comes from the Drava River and includes land on both banks along its course thro ...

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. Planned by Hans Pascher, it was built between 1904 and 1906 on the site of an earlier building mentioned in written documents dating to 1404.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Cirkovce include: *

Davorin Beranič Davorin is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Davorin Dolar (1921–2005), Slovene chemist * Davorin Jenko (1835–1914), Slovene composer * Davorin Kablar (born 1977), Slovene footballer * Davorin Karničar (born 1962), ...

(1879–1923), beekeeperBokal, Ljudmila, ed. 2008. ''Čebelarski terminološki slovar.'' Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU and Lukovica: Čebelarska zveza Slovenije, p. 253.

References

External links

Cirkovce on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Kidričevo {{Kidričevo-geo-stub