Fikšinci

Fikšinci ( German Füchselsdorf ) is a village and a municipality located in the hilly and Rogašovci Goricko in the historical region of Prekmurje in Slovenia.

Geography

The houses of the village Füchselsdorf lined on both sides along the hill panoramic road that leads from Gerlinci after Kramarovci. The settlement is above the Kutschenitza / Kučnica brook, which forms the border between Slovenia and Austria here. Great is the view from the location of the branch church Maria Schnee in the sprawling Southeast Styrian landscape that lies like a whipped map in front of the viewer.

The approximately 180 inhabitants settlement (2002 ) with their district extending in the north-south ridge and partly wooded, partly landscaped with fruit orchards and vineyards slopes and backrest for Černec and Kutschenitza -Bach. Chance still remember old field names as Šmolcberg, Dog Mountain, Sandaker and Mahtl at a time when even lived a predominantly German -speaking population in the town.

Fikšinci is easiest on the main road No. 349, Cankova - Kuzma, accessible. The border crossing Fikšinci - Gruisla is mainly used by the border region inhabiting population and tourists.

History

The place was called in 1366, first documented as " Fulyfalua ", at the same time also the two streams, Černec -Bach, " riuulum Chernech " and Kutschenitza -Bach, " riuulum Olsinch " mentioned. In 1499 the settlement is referred to as Fwxlyncz and for 1627 it is stated that the village belonged to the parish of Saint Helena ( Sv Jelena in Pertoča ). The parish was then cared for by the evangelical clergy Gregory Gerber from Lichtenstein at Meissen.

In a visitation protocol of the Diocese of Gyor / Raab place names Fükszlincz and Fuxlincz are for the year 1698 documented, is also noted that the settlement of the parish of Saint Helena was assigned and a considerable part of the population, under the pressure of the Counter-Reformation, already back to the Catholic faith had returned.

In 1890, the village is officially designated Kismáriahavas and had 372 inhabitants, of whom 347 declared themselves as German, 8 as Hungary, and 17 as Slovenes. The place was in the district Muraszombat ( Slow Murska Sobota ) in the Hungarian county Vas / iron castle. In the census of 1910 the town was officially named Máriahavas, he had 397 inhabitants, namely: 382 German, 10 Slovenians and Hungary 5.

The Treaty of Trianon hit the village on 4 June 1920, without the population was surveyed, the Kingdom of SHS to. For the city is now officially called 1921 Fükšinci following data were collected at the first Yugoslav census on 31 January found 381 inhabitants, 364 German and 17 Slovenians, of these 381 residents, all known to the Catholic faith.

In the years 1945 and 1946, the German -speaking population was forcibly deported to Austria and it settled settlers from the interior of Slovenia.