Prebačevo () is a village in the

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in the

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Name

Prebačevo was attested in written sources in 1343 as ''Pribêtsh'' (and as ''Prewacz'' in 1381, ''Ober Pribbetsch'' and ''Priwetsch'' in 1436, and ''Prewatsch'' in 1458). In the local dialect, the village is known as ''Pərbačo''. The medieval transcriptions and the local pronunciation indicate that the name may be derived from ''*Pribačevo (selo)'' 'Pribač's (village)', with the personal name ''*Pribač'' derived from Slavic ''*Pribyslavъ''.

Church

The local church, a chapel-of-ease of the Parish of Šenčur, is dedicated to the

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. The current building dates to 1855, but it was built on the site of an earlier church.Šenčur municipal website
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References

External links

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Prebačevo on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šenčur {{Šenčur-geo-stub