Turnišče (; hu, Bántornya,

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 ...

: ''Törnišče'',Snoj, Marko. 2009. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen''. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 442–443. german: Turnitz) is a town in

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 Turnišče The Municipality of Turnišče (; sl, Občina Turnišče) is a municipality in Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Ital ...

Name

Turnišče was first mentioned in written sources as ''Thoronhel'' in 1379, then as ''Turnicha'' in 1389, ''Tornischa'' in 1403, ''Tornisa'' in 1405, ''Thornisca'' in 1411, ''Tornissa'' in 1428, ''Thurnissa'' in 1481, ''Tornysthya'' in 1524. Until the second half the 19th century, ''Turnicsa'', ''Turnisa'' or ''Turnische'' was used, when it was changed to ''Bántornya''. The name is derived from the common noun ''turen'' 'tower' and thus refers to a town in which a tower stood. The word ''turen'' itself ultimately goes back to Greek τύρσις 'fortified settlement' (via Latin ''turris'' 'tower, castle' and

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High ...

''turn'' 'tower').

History

Turnišče was granted

market rights A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...

in 1524, and

town privileges Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...

in 1548.

Churches

The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

in Turnišče is dedicated to the

Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...

and belongs to the

Roman Catholic 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 ...

. It is a three-

aisle An aisle is, in general, a space for walking with rows of non-walking spaces on both sides. Aisles with seating on both sides can be seen in airplanes, certain types of buildings, such as churches, cathedrals, synagogues, meeting halls, parl ...

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, added in 1914 onto a smaller

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church. There is also a church dedicated to the

Assumption of Mary The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII defined it in 1950 in his apostolic constitution ''Munificentissimus Deus'' as follows: We proclaim and define it to be a dogma revealed by Go ...

in the settlement, dating from the mid-13th century. The apse is originally Romanesque. The nave is

and covered in wall paintings by the 14th-century local artist Johannes Aquila, who also painted the churches in Velemér,

Martjanci 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 ...

, and

Fürstenfeld Fürstenfeld (; hu, Fölöstöm) is a town and a district in southeastern Austria. It is situated within the Austrian federal state of Styria, near the border of Hungary. According to the 2005 census, Fürstenfeld has 5,986 citizens within its c ...

.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 791

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Turnišče include: * Štefan Barbarič (1920–1988), technical writer and literary historianSavnik, Roman, ed. 1980. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 4. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 112–113. * József Klekl (1879–1936), writer, journalist, and Roman Catholic priest * Ferenc Novák (1719–1836), folksong collector and religious writer * Ferenc Sbüll (1825–1864),

Hungarian Slovene Hungarian Slovenes (Slovenian language, Slovene: ''Madžarski Slovenci'', hu, Magyarországi szlovének) are an indigenous peoples, autochthonous ethnic and linguistic Slovenes, Slovene minority living in Hungary. The largest groups are the Ráb ...

poet * Štefan Skledar (1920–1988), chemical engineer *

József Szakovics József Szakovics, Slovene Jožef Sakovič, German orthography Joseph Sakowitsch (February 2, 1874, Vadarci (then known as Tivadarc, in what is now Slovenia) – September 22, 1930, Alsószölnök, Hungary), was a Slovene Roman Catholic prie ...

(1874–1930), Roman Catholic priest and author *

Vilmos Tkálecz Vilmos Tkálecz ( sl, Vilmoš Tkalec January 8, 1894 – May 27, 1950) was a Hungarian-Slovenian schoolmaster and politician who served as governor of the short-lived Republic of Prekmurje in 1919. Tkálecz was born on January 8, 1894, in Tur ...

(1894–1950), politician

References

External links

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