Dolenci, Šalovci

Dolenci Dolány
Dolenci Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°51′4.43″N 16°17′15.45″E / 46.8512306°N 16.2876250°ECoordinates: 46°51′4.43″N 16°17′15.45″E / 46.8512306°N 16.2876250°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Prekmurje
Statistical region	Mura
Municipality	Šalovci
Area
• Total	7.72 km^2 (2.98 sq mi)
Elevation	302.1 m (991.1 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	206
[1]

Dolenci (pronounced [dɔˈleːntsi]; Hungarian: Dolány^[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Šalovci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia, on the border with Hungary.^[3]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Murska Sobota Diocese. The original parts of the church date to 1331, but it was expanded in the 16th century and in the late 18th century. It has a rectangular nave with a Gothic sanctuary and a belfry on its western facade.^[4]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Dolenci include:

• József Klekl Jr. (1879–1936), writer and journalist (parish priest in Dolenci, 1911–1936)
• Feri Lainšček (born 1959), writer, poet, and screenwriter
• Miska Magyarics (1825–1883), poet
• Ferenc Sbüll (1825–1864), poet

References

1. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 5.
3. Šalovci municipal site
4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 2948

External links

• Dolenci on Geopedia