Pečarovci (; in older sources also ''Sveti Sebeštjan'',Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. ''Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom.'' Radgona, p. 12.
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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 ...

: ''Püčarovci'') 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 Puconci The Municipality of Puconci (; sl, Občina Puconci) is a municipality in the traditional region of Prekmurje in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Puconci. Puconci became a municipality in 1994. The majority of t ...

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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. There are two churches in the settlement. The

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is dedicated to

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and was built in 1824. It has a single

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with a polygonal

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and a belfry on its eastern side. It belongs to the

Diocese of Murska Sobota The Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota ( la, Dioecesis Sobotensis; sl, Škofija Murska Sobota) is a diocese located in the city of Murska Sobota in the Ecclesiastical province of Maribor in Slovenia. History * April 7, 2006: Established a ...

.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 3222 The second church is a

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church built north of the main settlement in the hamlet of Gorenšček.

Notable people

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

Mihály Bertalanits Mihály Bertalanits ( sl, Mihael Bertalanitš, Prekmurje Slovene: ''Miháo Bertalanitš'') (November 8, 1788 – January 8, 1853) was a Slovene cantor, teacher, and poet in Hungary. Beralanits was the son of the peasants György Bertalanics and ...

(1788–1853), poet and teacher * József Klekl (1874–1948), politician * Iván Persa (1861–1935), writer

References

External links

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Pečarovci on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Puconci {{Puconci-geo-stub