Domanjševci (; in older sources also ''Domanjšovci'',Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. ''Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom.'' Radgona, p. 5.
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village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the

Municipality of Šalovci The Municipality of Šalovci (; ) is a municipality in the traditional region of Prekmurje in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šalovci. Šalovci became a municipality in 1994. Settlements In addition to the mun ...

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 of

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, right on the border with

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. There are two churches in the settlement. The

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

church is built on a small hill southwest of the settlement in the middle of a small

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and is dedicated to Saint Martin. It is a single-

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 ...

brick building with a Romanesque

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dating to the 13th century. It was originally dedicated to

Saint Wenceslas Wenceslaus I ( ; 907 – 28 September 935), Wenceslas I or ''Václav the Good'' was the Prince ('' kníže'') of Bohemia from 921 until his death, probably in 935. According to the legend, he was assassinated by his younger brother, Boleslaus ...

. The

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church in the settlement was built in 1902 in a

Neo-Romanesque Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended t ...

style. Its designer was the architect Alojz Kleiber.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference numbers 119 Saint Martin's Church and 4147 Lutheran Church The poet, writer, and teacher István Szijjártó lived and died in the village.

References

External links

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