Cankova
Cankova ( German: Kaltbrunn ) is a municipality and a town in Slovenia and is located in the historic region of Prekmurje, close to the Austrian border.
Geography
The municipality occupies the southwestern part of the hill country of Goricko to Kutschenitza -Bach ( Slow Kučnica Potok ), which marks the border to Styria, extends to the east into Ledava Valley with the dam Ledavsko Jezero and the south has shares in large by Mur and Ledava plane formed by Ravensko. The entire municipality is part of the Three Countries Park Raab Goričko Örseg.
The district municipality covers an area of 30.6 km ² and borders the neighboring communities Rogašovci in the north, the east and Puconci Tišina in the south. In the west, the municipality contacts the District Southeastern Styria, is about the three border crossings Cankova - connected with this Pölten - Zelting, Korovci - Goritz and Gerlinci.
The local authority has about 2070 inhabitants in 598 households (2002) and is composed of eight villages. Behind the modern place- names, the official Hungarian exonyms are led by 1890 in brackets.
- Cankova ( Vashidegkút )
- Domajinci ( Dombalja )
- Gerlinci ( Görhegy )
- Gornji Črnci ( Királyszék )
- Korovci ( Károlyfa )
- Krašči ( Lendvakirályfa )
- Skakovci ( Szécsenyfa )
- Topolovci ( Jegenyés )
Cankova place
Cankova ( German: Cold Brunn, Hungarian: Vashidegkút ) counts 481 inhabitants ( 2002) and is the center of the municipality of the same name. The town spreads on a terrace (216 m ) between the two rivers Kutschenitza and Ledava from the edge of the plain Ravensko. Cankova is about 15 km northwest of Murska Sobota and about 5 km northeast of Bad Radkersburg. The village is on the main road 440 Gederovci - easy to reach Kuzma.
At the central square of the town is the Catholic Church of St. Joseph. It was built in 1737 and 1754 raised to the parish church. The parish now belongs to the diocese of Murska Sobota. On the same square stands the birthplace of the renowned Slovenian- Hungarian scientist Avgust Pavel / Agoston Pável; here is also his monument.
On the meadows between the Kutschenitzabach and the road to the neighboring Korovci bloom in spring wild daffodils ( Narcissus stellaris ) in between are sporadically irises (Iris sibirica ) to find. The regulation of Kutschenitza, consolidation, land drainage and agricultural intensification have contributed to this magnificent natural phenomenon has waned in recent decades. The daffodil blooming for the speaking arms of the municipality.
History
Incorrect interpretation of a deed of gift of the Hungarian King Andrew II from the year 1212 the creation and possession of Cankova was mistakenly attributed to the Knights Templar. However, the document relates to land in the region of Prešov / Presov in Slovakia. The village Cankova contrast was only in the middle of the 14th century on a hitherto desolate border strip, a component of the rule deg / Oberlimbach, which was owned by the Hungarian magnate family Széchy then.
The place Cankova was first mentioned in 1366: "villa seu possessio Kaltenprun siue Hydegkuth iuxta fluuium Olsinch ". The German place name Kaltenbrunn and the Hungarian name Hidegkút have the same meaning, which the waters Olsinch is now called Kutschenitza. From a document of the year 1499, the place name " Hydegkwth " is handed down.
After the visitation log of the Diocese of Gyor / Raab, which was recorded in 1698, the village belonged " Hidegkút " the parish " Sancti Georgii immersive Szent Geordie ", the present-day St. Georgen / Sv. Yuri in the community Rogašovci and had a majority Protestant population.
In 1890, the village is officially designated Vashidegkút and had 441 inhabitants, of which 397 identified themselves as Slovenes, 19 and German, 18 as Hungary and 7 gave a different nationality to. The place belonged to the Hungarian district Muraszombat, today Murska Sobota, and lay in Vas / iron castle.
The Treaty of Trianon struck the village to the Kingdom of SHS. For the city is now officially called Cankova following data were recorded in the census on January 31, 1921 determined: 470 Slovenes, 10 German, two Hungarians and three other ethnic group, and of these 485 residents pleaded 471 for Catholic, Protestant, and 12 for 2 to the Jewish faith.
In the census of 1931 460 inhabitants were calculated, in 1961 it was 458 and for 1971 the following figures are available: 475 inhabitants, 100 houses, 124 households and 212 villagers who lived exclusively on income from agriculture.
Local personalities
- József Borovnyák ( born February 9, 1826 in Alsószentbenedek / Ivanovci; † September 19, 1906 in Vashidegkút / Cankova ), Slovene writer, politician.
- Avgust Pavel, also Agoston Pável ( born August 28, 1886 in Vashidegkút / Cankova; † January 2, 1946 in Szombathely / Szombathely ), Slovenian - Hungarian scientist, linguist, anthropologist, translator and poet.
- Leopold Gombocz (* 1875 in Károlyfa / Cankova, † 1943 in Laafeld, Styria ), Austro- Hungarian beekeepers.