Gornji Petrovci (; hu, Péterhegy,

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 ...

: ''Gornji Petrouvci'') is a town in

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. It is the seat of the

Municipality of Gornji Petrovci The Municipality of Gornji Petrovci (; sl, Občina Gornji Petrovci) is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Gornji Petrovci. The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October 1994, when the for ...

Churches

There are two churches in Gornji Petrovci. The

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is dedicated to the

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and is a structure that originated in the late 13th century, but was rebuilt on a number of occasions in the following centuries, preserving certain features from each phase. The relatively short

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...

is Romanesque, with

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internal furnishings. The sanctuary is Late Gothic. The local

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church is a large single-nave building and is one of the largest Lutheran churches in Prekmurje. It was built in 1804 and renovated in 1894.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 4148

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Gornji Petrovci include: *

Mátyás Godina Mátyás Godina ( sl, Matjaž Godina, Prekmurje Slovene: ''Mátjaš Godina'' ( 1768 – January 1, 1835) was a Slovene Lutheran pastor, writer, and teacher in Hungary. Born in Lemerje, Godina's family was of minor nobility. He went to school in ...

(1768–1835), Lutheran pastor and writer * János Hüll (1714–1781), dean of the Slovene March *

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(1871–1945), physics teacher and irredentist

References

External links

Gornji Petrovci on Geopedia
{{Gornji Petrovci Populated places in the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci