Lendavske Gorice (; hu, Lendvahegy) is a
settlement
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*Human settlement, a community where people live
*Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building
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*Settlement (fin ...
in the hills immediately east of
Lendava
Lendava (; formerly ''Dolnja Lendava'', in older sources also ''Dolenja Lendava''; hu, Lendva, formerly ''Alsólendva''; german: Lindau, formerly ''Unter-Limbach'') is a town in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is the seat of the Municip ...
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 R ...
region of
Slovenia
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.
The local church in the settlement is dedicated to the
Holy Trinity and belongs to the
Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...
of Lendava. It was built in 1728 by the Gludovácz family. When excavating for the foundations of the church, a wooden
coffin was discovered containing the body of Mihael Hadik, who died fighting the
Ottoman Turks in 1603. His
mummy
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is now on display in the church.
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Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Lendavske Gorice include:
János Murkovics (teacher, writer)
References
External links
Lendavske Gorice on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Lendava
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