Puconci

Puconci
Puconci; Battyánd
	Puconci Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°42′14″N 16°09′26″E
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

Puconci Lutheran 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.

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References

"Naselje Puconci". Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
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

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[SURS-1] "Naselje Puconci". Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

[Vengust-2] Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 12.

[3] "Živinsko i drobno senje (sejmi) v Sl. Krajini." 1929. Nájszvetejsega Szrca Jezusovoga veliki kalendár za lüdsztvo 26: 103. (in Slovene)

[4] Puconci municipal site

[5] Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 4153

[6] "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.