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, Eastern Slovene, or Wendish (, , Prekmurje Slovene: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmörski jezik, panonska slovenščina''), is the language of Prekmurje in Easte ...

: ''Püconci'') is a settlement in the

Prekmurje Prekmurje (; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; ) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally, and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarians in Slovenia, Hungarian minority, lying betwee ...

region in northeastern

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

. It is the seat of the Municipality of Puconci. 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, Sándor Terplán,

Rudolf Czipott Rudolf Czipott () (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 the Slovenian to ...

, and Ferenc Berke, and the politician

Feri Horvat Feri Horvat (; 26 September 1941 – 1 August 2020) was a Slovenian Management, manager and politician, and one of the founders of the United List of Social Democrats, now known as the Social Democrats (Slovenia), Social Democrats. Between July ...

References

External links

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