Gornji Slaveči (; hu, Felsőcsalogány, german: Ober Slabitsch) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the

Municipality of Kuzma The Municipality of Kuzma (; sl, Občina Kuzma) is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by ...

in the

Prekmurje Prekmurje (; dialectically: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; hu, Muravidék) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarian minority, lying between the Mur Ri ...

region of

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.Kuzma municipal site
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Name

The name ''Gornji Slaveči'' (literally, 'upper Slaveči') contrasts with the name ''

Dolnji Slaveči Dolnji Slaveči (; hu, Alsócsalogány) is a village in the Municipality of Grad in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. Name The name ''Dolnji Slaveči'' (literally, 'lower Slaveči') contrasts with the name '' Gornji Slaveči'' (lite ...

'' (literally, 'lower Slaveči'), a village in the neighboring

Municipality of Grad The Municipality of Grad (; sl, Občina Grad) is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the village of Grad, Grad, Grad. Settlements In addition to the municipal seat of Grad, the municipality also includes the following set ...

. Dolnji Slaveči lies about 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 Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. 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 Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...

it has belonged to Slovenia.

Church

There is a large

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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

External links

Gornji Slaveči on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Kuzma {{Kuzma-geo-stub