Cankova
Encyclopedia
Cankova is a town and a municipality
in the Prekmurje
region of Slovenia
.
The area was originally a part of Murska Sobota
municipality. In 1995, Cankova - Tišina municipality was formed, which existed until 1999 when Tišina
seceded as a separate municipality, giving rise to today's demarcation.
The parish church
in Cankova is dedicated to Saint Joseph
and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota. It was built in 1754 and renovated in 1900. It has a cruciform
plan with a western belfry
.
The writer Ágoston Pável
was born in the village in 1886. The house in which he was born was renovated in 1998 and houses an exhibition about the writer. The Slovene politician and writer József Borovnyák lived in Cankova. Here lived Branko Pintarič
actor and writer.
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...
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...
.
The area was originally a part 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:...
municipality. In 1995, Cankova - Tišina municipality was formed, which existed until 1999 when Tišina
Tišina
Tišina is a town and municipality in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. It has been an independent municipality since 1 January 1999...
seceded as a separate municipality, giving rise to today's demarcation.
The 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....
in Cankova is dedicated to Saint Joseph
Saint Joseph
Saint Joseph is a figure in the Gospels, the husband of the Virgin Mary and the earthly father of Jesus Christ ....
and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota. It was built in 1754 and renovated in 1900. It has a cruciform
Cruciform
Cruciform means having the shape of a cross or Christian cross.- Cruciform architectural plan :This is a common description of Christian churches. In Early Christian, Byzantine and other Eastern Orthodox forms of church architecture this is more likely to mean a tetraconch plan, a Greek cross,...
plan with a western belfry
Bell tower
A bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in...
.
The writer Ágoston Pável
Ágoston Pável
Ágoston Pável, also known in Slovenian as Avgust Pavel was a Hungarian Slovene writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist and historian....
was born in the village in 1886. The house in which he was born was renovated in 1998 and houses an exhibition about the writer. The Slovene politician and writer József Borovnyák lived in Cankova. Here lived Branko Pintarič
Branko Pintarič
Branko Pintarič is a Slovene writer, actor and theatrical organizator.He was born in Murska Sobota, in the Prekmurje region, and raised in Cankova. He attended high school at Murska Sobota, and later studied philosophy in university. Pintarič organized theatrical groups in the Prekmurje region and...
actor and writer.