Bogojina
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Bogojina is a village
to the east of Murska Sobota
in the Prekmurje
region of Slovenia
. It lies in the Municipality
of Moravske Toplice
.
It is best known for its parish church
, dedicated to the Ascension of Jesus, which was built between 1925 and 1927 and furnished in the 1950s according to plans by the Slovene architect Jože Plečnik
. It is a church that was extensively rebuilt in the past and the original plan was to totally rebuild it in 1924, but Plečnik included the older structure in his new building. He used local clay pottery
on the decoration for the ceiling of the nave
. There is also a small chapel in the settlement dedicated to Saint Urban
. It was built in 1889.
The writer, poet, and reformer of the Prekmurje dialect
József Kossics
was born in Bogojina. The writer and politician Iván Bassa
also lived in the settlement.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
to the east of Murska Sobota
Murska Sobota
Murska Sobota is a city in northeastern Slovenia. It is located in the eponymous municipality near the Mura River in the region of Prekmurje and is the regional capital.-Name:...
in the Prekmurje
Prekmurje
Prekmurje is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region settled by Slovenes and lying between the Mur River in Slovenia and the Rába Valley in the most western part of Hungary...
region of Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. It lies in the Municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of Moravske Toplice
Moravske Toplice
Moravske Toplice is a town and a municipality in Slovenia, part of the Prekmurje region. It is best known as a spa town.The municipality is an important center of Lutheranism in Slovenia. Large Lutheran churches are found both in the settlement, as in other surrounding villages...
.
It is best known for its parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
, dedicated to the Ascension of Jesus, which was built between 1925 and 1927 and furnished in the 1950s according to plans by the Slovene architect Jože Plečnik
Jože Plecnik
Jože Plečnik , was a Slovene architect who practised in Vienna, Belgrade, Prague and Ljubljana.-Biography:...
. It is a church that was extensively rebuilt in the past and the original plan was to totally rebuild it in 1924, but Plečnik included the older structure in his new building. He used local clay pottery
Pottery
Pottery is the material from which the potteryware is made, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made is also called a pottery . Pottery also refers to the art or craft of the potter or the manufacture of pottery...
on the decoration for the ceiling of the nave
Nave
In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting...
. There is also a small chapel in the settlement dedicated to Saint Urban
Pope Urban I
Pope Saint Urban I was Pope from 14 October 222 to 230. He was born in Rome, Roman Empire and succeeded St. Callixtus I who had been martyred. For centuries it was believed that Urban too was martyred...
. It was built in 1889.
The writer, poet, and reformer of the Prekmurje dialect
Prekmurje dialect
Prekmurian, also known as the Pannonian-Slovene, East-Slovene, or Wendish , is the easternmost separate dialect of Slovene, spoken in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia and by the Hungarian Slovenes in Vas county in western Hungary...
József Kossics
József Kossics
József Kossics, also known in Slovene as Jožef Košič was a Hungarian-Slovenian writer, Catholic priest, ethnologist, linguist, poet, and historian. He was of Croatian descent....
was born in Bogojina. The writer and politician Iván Bassa
Iván Bassa
Iván Bassa Slovene Ivan Baša Slovenian Roman Catholic priest, writer and politic.Born in Beltinci , his parents József Bassa and Anna Vucsko. Was consecrate on 16 July 1898. Chaplain in Sankt Martin an der Raab, Sveti Jurij, Rogašovci and Rechnitz...
also lived in the settlement.