Vaneča
Encyclopedia
Vaneča is a settlement to the north of Puconci
in the Prekmurje
region of Slovenia
.
There is a small neoromanesque
chapel
in the settlement. It was built in the early 20th century and has a two storey belfry
with arched windows on all sides.
The writer Mihály Szever Vanecsai
was born in the village.
Puconci
Puconci is a town and a municipality in Slovenia. Prior to 1920 it was known as Battyánd, Hungary.The majority of the population is Lutheran, making Puconci one of the few Slovenian municipalities where the majority of the population belongs to a non-Catholic denomination.There is a Lutheran...
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...
.
There is a small neoromanesque
Romanesque Revival architecture
Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture...
chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
in the settlement. It was built in the early 20th century and has a two storey 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...
with arched windows on all sides.
The writer Mihály Szever Vanecsai
Mihály Szever Vanecsai
Mihály Szever Vanecsai, also known in Slovenian as Miháo Sever Vaneča or Miháo Sever z Vaneča was a Hungarian Slovenian Lutheran priest, born in the village of Vanecsa in the Prekmurje region...
was born in the village.