Boreča
Sign in to saveBoreča (; ) 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. 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. There is a Catholic cemetery next to the church. The Lutheran cemetery lies beyond it. There is also a woo
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Boreča
- Settlement.other_name
- Borháza
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- Boreca1.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
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- Slovenia
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- bottom
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- Location in Slovenia
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- Country
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- 25px Slovenia
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- Traditional region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Prekmurje
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- Statistical region
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- Municipality of Gornji Petrovci
- Population
- +84
- Area
- +3.49
- Elevation
- +362
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Boreca1.jpg
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Boreča (; ) 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. 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. 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