Puconci (; in older sources also ''Pucinci'',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 ...

: ''Püconci'') is a town 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 in 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 ...

. It is the seat of 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 ...

. Prior to 1920 it was known as Battyánd.

Church

There is a Lutheran church in the middle of the settlement, built in 1784, the first Lutheran church in the region of Prekmurje. It was rebuilt and restyled in 1909.

Notable people

Prominent natives and residents of Puconci include the writers

István Lülik István Lülik ( sl, Števan Lülik) (1764 – March 30, 1847) was a Lutheran schoolmaster in the Prekmurje region of the Kingdom of Hungary, today in Slovenia, in the 19th century. He lived and worked in Puconci, near Murska Sobota. He was born i ...

Sándor Terplán Sándor Terplán ( sl, Aleksander Terplan or ''Trpljan'') (c. May 1, 1816 – March 18, 1858) was a Hungarian Lutheran priest and writer. Terplán was born in the Ivanovci in the Prekmurje region in the Kingdom of Hungary, into a Hungarian Sl ...

Rudolf Czipott Rudolf Czipott ( sl, Rudolf Cipot) (January 14 or June 18, 1825 in Hodoš – May 20, 1901) was a Slovenes, Slovene Lutheranism, Lutheran pastor and writer in Hungary. Early life His father, György Czipott, was a writer, pastor and teacher in ...

, and Ferenc Berke, and the politician Feri Horvat.

References

External links

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