Križevci (; hu, Keresztúr, in older sources ''Tótkeresztúr'') 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 ...

in the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci 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 R ...

region of

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Name

The name of the settlement was changed from ''Križevci v Prekmurju'' to ''Križevci'' in 1952. Its name (literally, 'crosses') is derived from a chapel dedicated to the Holy Cross that used to stand in the village, but was pulled down in the late 19th century.

Cultural heritage

There is a large

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...

church in the village, built in 1785 and enlarged in 1885. It is one of the earliest Lutheran churches in Prekmurje.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 4151

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Križevci include: * János Berke (1814–1908), writer * Pál Luthár (1839–1919), writer *

Milan Kučan Milan Kučan (; born 14 January 1941) is a Slovene politician who served as the first President of Slovenia from 23 December 1991 until 22 December 2002. Before being president of Slovenia, he was the 13th President of the Presidency of SR Slov ...

(born 1941), the first president of independent Slovenia

References

External links

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Križevci on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci {{GornjiPetrovci-geo-stub