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Križevci
Križevci
	Križevci Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°47′37.68″N 16°14′31.12″E / 46.7938000°N 16.2419778°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Prekmurje
Statistical region	Mura
Municipality	Gornji Petrovci
Area
• Total	13.37 km2 (5.16 sq mi)
Elevation	283.5 m (930.1 ft)
Population (2020)
• Total	357
• Density	27/km2 (69/sq mi)

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Križevci (pronounced [ˈkɾiːʒɛu̯tsi]; Hungarian: Keresztúr, in older sources Tótkeresztúr^[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.

Name

The name of the settlement was changed from Križevci v Prekmurju to Križevci in 1952.^[3] Its name (literally, 'crosses') is derived from a chapel dedicated to the Holy Cross that used to stand in the village, but was pulled down in the late 19th century.^[4]

Cultural heritage

There is a large Lutheran church in the village, built in 1785 and enlarged in 1885. It is one of the earliest Lutheran churches in Prekmurje.^[5]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Križevci include:

János Berke (1814–1908), writer
Pál Luthár (1839–1919), writer
Milan Kučan (born 1941), the first president of independent Slovenia

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 8.
^ Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.
^ Gornji Petrovci municipal site
^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine reference number 4151

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[1] Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 8.

[3] Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS.

[4] Gornji Petrovci municipal site

[5] Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage Archived July 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine reference number 4151

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v t e Municipality of Gornji Petrovci
Settlements	Administrative seat: Gornji Petrovci Adrijanci Boreča Košarovci Križevci Kukeč Lucova Martinje Neradnovci Panovci Peskovci Stanjevci Šulinci Ženavlje
Landmarks	Gornji Petrovci Evangelical Church Holy Trinity Parish Church St. Anne's Church
Notable people	János Berke Max Cosyns József Ficzkó Mátyás Godina Lojze Kozar Jr. Lojze Kozar Sr. Milan Kučan Pál Luthár Sándor Mikola

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