Beltinci (;
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 ...
: ''Böltinci'', or ''Belatincz'', ) is a town 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 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 Beltinci
The Municipality of Beltinci (; ) is a municipality in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. Its seat is the settlement of Beltinci. The municipality has 8,256 inhabitants. It was a sanjak under the name ''Balatin'' that initially belon ...
.
Črnec Creek, a tributary of the
Ledava, flows through the settlement.
Name
Beltinci was attested as ''Belethfalua'' in 1322, ''Belethafalua'' in 1381, and ''Balatincz'' in 1402. The name is originally a plural demonym derived from the Slavic personal name ''*Běletinъ''—from the nickname ''*Bělъ(jъ)'' 'white', applied to people with fair skin or hair—thus meaning 'residents of Běletinъ's village'. The second ''e'' in the reconstructed name ''*Beletinci'' was lost in
Slovene due to
syncope.
Jewish community
Until 1937, there was a
Jewish Orthodox synagogue
A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans. It is a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes smaller chapels) where Jews attend religious services or special ceremonies such as wed ...
in Beltinci. It was built in 1860 and served the local Jewish community. On April 26, 1944, all of the Jews of the town were deported to the Auschwitz extermination camp, from which none of them returned.
Church
The
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...
in the settlement is dedicated to
Saint Ladislaus and belongs to the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota. It dates from 1742 with late 19th-century alterations.
Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 2871
Demographics
Population by native language, 2002 census
* Slovene: 1,969
* Hungarian: 247
* Romany: 73
* Croatian: 49
* Albanian: 12
* Serbian: 9
* Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian ( / ), also known as Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually i ...
: 7
* Other: 12
References
External links
Beltinci on Geopedia
Beltinci municipal site
(in Slovene)
{{Authority control
Populated places in the Municipality of Beltinci
Historic Jewish communities