Ižakovci (; in older sources also ''Ižekovci'',

Prekmurje Slovene Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, East Slovene, or Wendish ( sl, prekmurščina, prekmursko narečje, hu, vend nyelv, muravidéki nyelv, Prekmurje dialect: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmör ...

: ''Ižekofci'', hu, Murasziget) 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 ...

on the left bank of the Mura River in the

Municipality of Beltinci The Municipality of Beltinci (; sl, Občina Beltinci) is a municipality in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. Its seat is the settlement of Beltinci. The municipality has 8,256 inhabitants. It was a sanjak under the name ''Balatin'' ...

in the Prekmurje region of northeastern

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, an ...

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Name

Ižakovci was attested in written sources in 1322 as ''Isakouc'' and ''Isacoush'' (and as ''Isakolch'' in 1381 and ''Isakowlch'' in 1428). The name of the settlement is derived from personal name ''Izak'' 'Isaac' and is a demonym meaning 'inhabitants of Isaac's village'. The phonemic change ''-z-'' > ''-ž-'' indicates that the Slovenian name developed through an intermediate German form.

Cultural heritage

There is a

chapel A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. Firstly, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common ty ...

in the centre of the village. It is dedicated to

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or Virgin of Carmel, is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order, particularly within the Catholic Church. The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount Ca ...

and belongs to the

Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

of Beltinci.

Notable people

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

Iván Persa Iván Persa ( sl, Ivan Perša) (April 2, 1861 – September 26, 1935) was a Hungarian Slovenes, Hungarian Slovene Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic priest and writer. Born in the Municipality of Beltinci in the village of Ižakovci, his paren ...

(1861–1935), writer

References

External links

Ižakovci on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Beltinci {{Beltinci-geo-stub