Boreča

Place in Prekmurje, Slovenia

Boreča Borháza

46°50′5.53″N 16°8′33.49″E / 46.8348694°N 16.1426361°E / 46.8348694; 16.1426361
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Prekmurje
Statistical region	Mura
Municipality	Gornji Petrovci
Area
• Total	3.49 km² (1.35 sq mi)
Elevation	336.3 m (1,103.3 ft)
Population (2020)
• Total	84
• Density	24/km² (62/sq mi)
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Boreča (pronounced [bɔˈɾeːtʃa]; Hungarian: Borháza^[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. Unlike the surrounding area, the village is relatively nucleated and surrounded by a pine forest.^[3] The local church is built southeast of the village and is a Late Gothic building dating to 1521. It has a relatively high nave with a narrower polygonal sanctuary. In 1739 its interior was refurbished in the Baroque style. It is dedicated to Saint Anne and belongs to the Murska Sobota Diocese.^[4] There is a Catholic cemetery next to the church. The Lutheran cemetery lies beyond it. There is also a wooden Lutheran belfry in the village.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Boreča include:

József Ficzkó (a.k.a. Jožef Ficko) (1772–1843), Burgenland Croatian writer

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 4.
^ Gornji Petrovci municipal site
^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 2998