Turnišče (; ,
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 ...
: ''Törnišče'',
[Snoj, Marko. 2009. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen''. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 442–443.] ) is a town in
Slovenia
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. It is the seat of the
Municipality of Turnišče.
Name
Turnišče was first mentioned in written sources as ''Thoronhel'' in 1379, then as ''Turnicha'' in 1389, ''Tornischa'' in 1403, ''Tornisa'' in 1405, ''Thornisca'' in 1411, ''Tornissa'' in 1428, ''Thurnissa'' in 1481, ''Tornysthya'' in 1524. Until the second half the 19th century, ''Turnicsa'', ''Turnisa'' or ''Turnische'' was used, when it was changed to ''Bántornya''. The name is derived from the common noun ''turen'' 'tower' and thus refers to a town in which a tower stood. The word ''turen'' itself ultimately goes back to Greek τύρσις 'fortified settlement' (via Latin ''turris'' 'tower, castle' and
Middle High German
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''turn'' 'tower').
History
Turnišče was granted
market rights in 1524, and
town privileges in 1548.
Churches
The
parish church
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in Turnišče is dedicated to the
Virgin Mary
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and belongs to the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota. It is a three-
aisle
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d
basilica
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, added in 1914 onto a smaller
Gothic church.
There is also a church dedicated to the
Assumption of Mary
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It leaves open the question of w ...
in the settlement, dating from the mid-13th century. The apse is originally
Romanesque. The nave is
Gothic and covered in
wall paintings by the 14th-century local artist
Johannes Aquila, who also painted the churches in
Velemér,
Martjanci, and
Fürstenfeld.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 791
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Turnišče include:
* Štefan Barbarič (1920–1988), technical writer and literary historian[Savnik, Roman, ed. 1980. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 4. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 112–113.]
* József Klekl (1879–1936), writer, journalist, and Roman Catholic priest
References
External links
*
Turnišče on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Turnišče
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