Martjanci (; hu, Mártonhely) is a
village between
Murska Sobota and
Moravske Toplice
Moravske Toplice (; known until 1983 as ''Moravci''; hu, Alsómarác) is a settlement in the Municipality of Moravske Toplice in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. It is the seat of the municipality. It is best known as for its spa
A spa is a ...
in the
Prekmurje region of
Slovenia.
It is known for its
parish church dedicated to
Saint Martin Saint Martin may refer to:
People
* Saint Martin of Tours (c. 316–397), Bishop of Tours, France
* Saint Martin of Braga (c. 520–580), archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Gallaecia (now Braga in Portugal)
* Pope Martin I (598–655)
* Saint Mart ...
, from which the village gets its name. It is a single-
nave church built in 1392 on the site of an older church. The
presbytery is vaulted and covered in
fresco
Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...
s by the 14th-century local artist
Johannes Aquila
Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...
(
fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
1378–1392), who also painted the churches in
Velemér
Velemér ( sl, Velemer) is a village in Vas county, Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Ro ...
,
Turnišče
Turnišče (; hu, Bántornya, Prekmurje Slovene: ''Törnišče'',Snoj, Marko. 2009. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen''. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 442–443. german: Turnitz) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat o ...
, and
Fürstenfeld. The paintings are signed and a self-portrait of the artist is included in the scheme. It is among the earliest European self-portraits. The main altar was created in marble in 1925 based on plans by the architect
Jože Plečnik (1872–1957).
The
Martjanci hymnal
Martjanci (; hu, Mártonhely) is a village between Murska Sobota and Moravske Toplice in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.
It is known for its parish church dedicated to Martin of Tours, Saint Martin, from which the village gets its name. It is a ...
( sl, Martjanska pesmarica) was compiled in Martjanci in a mixture of
Prekmurje Slovene and
Kajkavian dialect in the 16th and 17th centuries. This manuscript hymnal, kept at the university library in
Maribor
Maribor ( , , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is also the seat of the City Municipality of Maribor, th ...
, is an exceptionally important literary monument because of its contents and the use of dialect, which influenced later transcriptions of Prekmurje folk songs.
[Novak, Vilko. 1997. ''Martjanska pesmarica''. Ljubljana: ZRC.]
The writers
Miklós Legén
Miklóš Legén ( sl, Mikloš Legen) was a Lutheran Slovene teacher in Mártyáncz, Kingdom of Hungary (today Martjanci, Slovenia) in the Slovene March in the 17th and 18th centuries.
In 1710 he added his signature to the old Martjanci hymnal ...
,
Mihály Terplán
Mihály () is a Hungarian masculine given name, It is a cognate of the English Michael and may refer to:
* Mihály András (1917–1993), Hungarian cellist, composer, and academic teacher
* Mihály Apafi (1632–1690), Hungarian Prince of Transylv ...
,
József Pusztai
József Pusztai (originally József Pozderecz, sl, Jožef Pustai; January 26, 1864 – February 13, 1934) was a Slovene writer, poet, journalist, teacher, and cantor in Hungary. He was also known under the pen name ''Tibor Andorhegyi.''
Born in ...
, and
József Bagáry
József Bagáry ( sl, Jožef Bagari; January 8, 1840 – May 14, 1919) was Slovene Roman Catholic priest and writer in Hungary.
Born in Muraszombat, Vas County, Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Murska Sobota, Slovenia). His father was József Bag ...
lived in the village.
References
External links
*
Martjanci on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Moravske Toplice
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