Cankova

Cankova
Cankova Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°43′9.39″N 16°1′4.36″E / 46.7192750°N 16.0178778°ECoordinates: 46°43′9.39″N 16°1′4.36″E / 46.7192750°N 16.0178778°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Prekmurje
Statistical region	Mura
Municipality	Cankova
Area
• Total	3.46 km^2 (1.34 sq mi)
Elevation	215.1 m (705.7 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	481
[1]

Cankova (pronounced [ˈtsaːŋkɔʋa]; Hungarian: Vashidegkút,^[2] German: Kaltenbrunn^[2]) is a town in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Cankova.^[3]

Church

Exterior

Interior

Saint Joseph's Church in Cankova

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.^[4]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Cankova include:

• Ágoston Pável (1886–1946), writer. The house he was born in was renovated in 1998 and houses an exhibition about the writer.^[5]
• Branko Pintarič (1967–), actor and writer
• Antal Stevanecz (1861–1921), teacher and writer

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Radkersburg und Luttenberg (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut.
3. "Ustanovitev občine". Občina Cankova (official home page) (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2010-01-21.
4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 2915
5. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 6853

External links

• Media related to Cankova at Wikimedia Commons
• Cankova on Geopedia