Čikečka Vas ( or ; sl, Čikečka vas, hu, Csekefa) is a village in the

Municipality of Moravske Toplice The Municipality of Moravske Toplice (; sl, Občina Moravske Toplice) is a municipality in Slovenia, part of the Prekmurje region. Its seat is the spa settlement of Moravske Toplice. The municipality is an important center of Lutheranism in Slo ...

in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. The village includes the hamlets of Felső-vég, Alsó-vég, and Cseke-hegy. It also has many Hungarian-language microtoponyms, including Alsó-mező, Felső-mező, and Külsö-hegy (fields), Vizköz and Alsó-rét (meadows), and Nagy-ritás and Ritka-tögyes (woods).Savnik, Roman, ed. 1980. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 4. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. p. 289.

Name

Čikečka Vas is also known as ''Čikečka ves'' in the local dialect. It is known as ''Csekefa'' in Hungarian.

History

Čikečka Vas was first mentioned in written sources in 1208. A school was established in 1941, but was discontinued in 1945. A fire station was built in 1954. The local mill stopped operating in 1962.

Unmarked grave

Čikečka Vas is the site of an

unmarked grave An unmarked grave is one that lacks a marker, headstone, or nameplate indicating that a body is buried there. However, in cultures that mark burial sites, the phrase unmarked grave has taken on a metaphorical meaning. Metaphorical meaning As a f ...

associated with the Second World War or its aftermath. The Čikečka Vas Grave ( sl, Grobišče Čikečka vas) lies east of the village, in the parking lot left of the entrance to the village cemetery. It contains the remains of a Hungarian that was shot while crossing the border illegally.

Chapel

There is a small chapel with a three-storey belfry in the settlement.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 24788

References

External links

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Čikečka Vas on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Moravske Toplice {{MoravskeToplice-geo-stub