Pertoča
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Pertoča | |
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Coordinates: 46°46′29.66″N 16°2′39.59″E / 46.7749056°N 16.0443306°E | |
Country | Slovenia |
Traditional region | Prekmurje |
Statistical region | Mura |
Municipality | Rogašovci |
Area | |
• Total | 4.73 km2 (1.83 sq mi) |
Elevation | 227.7 m (747.0 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 479 |
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Pertoča (pronounced [ˈpɛːɾtɔtʃa]; in older sources also Prtoča,[2] Hungarian: Perestó,[2] German: St. Helena[3]) is a village in the Municipality of Rogašovci in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia.[4]
The parish church in the village is dedicated to Saint Helena. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota. It was originally a Gothic building dating to the 16th century. In the 1960s the original church was demolished and rebuilt in a modern style.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ a b Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 12.
- ^ Rajšp, Vincenc. 2001. Slovenija na vojaškem zemljevidu 1763-1787, vol. 7. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, p. 121.
- ^ "Rogašovci municipal site". Archived from the original on 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3225
External links
[edit]- Media related to Pertoča at Wikimedia Commons
- Pertoča on Geopedia