Dokležovje

Dokležovje
St. Stephen's parish church, Dokležovje
St. Stephen's parish church, Dokležovje
Dokležovje is located in Slovenia
Dokležovje
Dokležovje
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°36′3.65″N 16°10′21.19″E / 46.6010139°N 16.1725528°E / 46.6010139; 16.1725528
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionPrekmurje
Statistical regionMura
MunicipalityBeltinci
Area
 • Total
5.277 km2 (2.037 sq mi)
Elevation
182.9 m (600 ft)
Population
 (2026)[1]
 • Total
852
 • Density162/km2 (420/sq mi)

Dokležovje (pronounced [dɔˈkleːʒɔu̯jɛ]; Hungarian: Murahely[2] or Deklezs,[3] Prekmurje Slovene: Dekležovje,[4] German: Neufellsdorf[3]) is a village in the Municipality of Beltinci in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia.[5] In January 2026, the population was 852.[1]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Stephen. It was built in 1844 and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dokležovje". SURS.
  2. ↑ Etnologija slovencev na Madžarskem 4 (2003). Budapest: Madžarsko etnološko društvo, p. 46.
  3. 1 2 Engelke, Edda, & Mateja Čoh. 2011. "Jeder Flüchtling ist eine Schwächung der Volksdemokratie": die illegalen Überschreitungen am jugoslawisch-steirischen Grenzabschnitt in den Fünfzigerjahren. Vienna: Lit Verlag, p. 333.
  4. ↑ Kühar, Števan, & Vilko Novak (ed.). 1988. Ljudsko izročilo Prekmurja. Murska Sobota: Pomurska založba, pp. 117 ff.
  5. ↑ Beltinci municipal site
  6. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 1254