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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 ...

: ''Pečörovci'') is a

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in the Municipality of Puconci 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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. There are two churches in the settlement. The

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is dedicated to

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and was built in 1824. It has a single

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with a polygonal

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and a

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on its eastern side. It belongs to the Diocese of Murska Sobota.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number 3222 The second church is a

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church built north of the main settlement in the hamlet of Gorenšček.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Pečarovci include: * Mihály Bertalanits (1788–1853), poet and teacher * József Klekl (1874–1948), politician *

Iván Persa Iván Persa () (April 2, 1861 – September 26, 1935) was a Hungarian Slovene Roman Catholic priest and writer. Born in the Municipality of Beltinci in the village of Ižakovci, his parents were the farmers István Persa and Mária Kolár. He w ...

(1861–1935), writer

References

External links

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Pečarovci on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Puconci {{Puconci-geo-stub