Dokležovje

Dokležovje (pronounced [dɔˈkleːʒɔu̯jɛ]; Hungarian: Murahely[2] or Deklezs,[3] Prekmurje Slovene: Dekležovje,[4] German: Neufellsdorf[3]) is a village in the Municipality of Beltinci in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia.[5]

Dokležovje
Dokležovje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°36′3.65″N 16°10′21.19″E
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionPrekmurje
Statistical regionMura
MunicipalityBeltinci
Area
 • Total5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi)
Elevation
182.9 m (600.1 ft)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total912
[1]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Stephen. It was built in 1844 and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota.[6]

References
  1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Etnologija slovencev na Madžarskem 4 (2003). Budapest: Madžarsko etnološko društvo, p. 46.
  3. Engelke, Edda, & Mateja Čoh. 2011. "Jeder Flüchtling ist eine Schwächung der Volksdemokratie": die illegalen Überschreitungen am jugoslawisch-steirischen Grenzabschnitt in den Fünfzigerjahren. Vienna: Lit Verlag, p. 333.
  4. Kühar, Števan, & Vilko Novak (ed.). 1988. Ljudsko izročilo Prekmurja. Murska Sobota: Pomurska založba, pp. 117 ff.
  5. Beltinci municipal site
  6. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 1254


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