Puconci

Place in Prekmurje, Slovenia

Puconci Battyánd

46°42′14″N 16°09′26″E / 46.70389°N 16.15722°E / 46.70389; 16.15722
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Prekmurje
Statistical region	Mura
Municipality	Puconci
Area ^[1]
• Total	4.89 km² (1.89 sq mi)
Elevation	205.7 m (674.9 ft)
Population (2019)^[1]
• Total	633

Puconci (pronounced [ˈpuːtsɔntsi]; in older sources also Pucinci,^[2] Hungarian: Battyánd,^[2] Prekmurje Slovene: Püconci^[3]) is a town in the Prekmurje region in northeastern Slovenia.^[4] It is the seat of the Municipality of Puconci. Prior to 1920 it was known as Battyánd.

Church

There is a Lutheran church in the middle of the settlement, built in 1784, the first Lutheran church in the region of Prekmurje.^[5] It was rebuilt and restyled in 1909.^[6]

Notable people

Prominent natives and residents of Puconci include the writers István Lülik, Sándor Terplán, Rudolf Czipott, and Ferenc Berke, and the politician Feri Horvat.

References

^ ^a ^b "Naselje Puconci". Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 12.
^ "Živinsko i drobno senje (sejmi) v Sl. Krajini." 1929. Nájszvetejsega Szrca Jezusovoga veliki kalendár za lüdsztvo 26: 103. (in Slovene)
^ Puconci municipal site
^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 4153
^ "Pogled v zgodovino" [View into History]. Evangeličanska cerkev AV v Republiki Sloveniji [The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Denomination in the Republic of Slovenia]. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.

External links

Puconci on Geopedia

Municipality of Puconci

Settlements

Administrative seat: Puconci

Current	Beznovci Bodonci Bokrači Brezovci Dankovci Dolina Gorica Kuštanovci Lemerje Mačkovci Moščanci Otovci Pečarovci Poznanovci Predanovci Prosečka Vas Puževci Šalamenci Strukovci Vadarci Vaneča Zenkovci
Former	Novi Beznovci Stari Beznovci