Križevci (; , in older sources TótkeresztúrVengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 8.) is a village in the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.
Name The name of the settlement was changed from Križevci v Prekmurju to Križevci in 1952.Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS. Its name (literally, 'crosses') is derived from a chapel dedicated to the Holy Cross that used to stand in the village, but was pulled down in the late 19th century.Gornji Petrovci municipal site
Cultural heritage There is a large Lutheran church in the village, built in 1785 and enlarged in 1885. It is one of the earliest Lutheran churches in Prekmurje.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 4151
Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Križevci include: János Berke (1814–1908), writer Pál Luthár (1839–1919), writer Milan Kučan (born 1941), the first president of independent Slovenia
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External links
Križevci on Geopedia