Pertoča

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]

Pertoča
Pertoča
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°46′29.66″N 16°2′39.59″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionPrekmurje
Statistical regionMura
MunicipalityRogašovci
Area
 • Total4.73 km2 (1.83 sq mi)
Elevation
227.7 m (747.0 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total479
[1]

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
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 12.
  3. Rajšp, Vincenc. 2001. Slovenija na vojaškem zemljevidu 1763-1787, vol. 7. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, p. 121.
  4. "Rogašovci municipal site". Archived from the original on 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  5. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3225


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