Ropoča
Encyclopedia
Ropoča is a village
in the Rogašovci
Municipality
in the Prekmurje
region of northeastern Slovenia
. The River Ledava
flows into an artificial lake just south of the main settlement.
There is a round chapel
in the centre of the village dedicated to The Sacred Heart of Jesus
. It belongs to the Pertoča
Parish
. It was built in the early 20th century.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Rogašovci
Rogašovci
Rogašovci is settlement and a municipality in Slovenia. It is part of the Prekmurje region.-External links:*...
Municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Prekmurje
Prekmurje
Prekmurje is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region settled by Slovenes and lying between the Mur River in Slovenia and the Rába Valley in the most western part of Hungary...
region of northeastern Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. The River Ledava
Ledava
The Ledava is the largest river of Goričko, northeastern Slovenia, and the largest tributary of Drava in Slovenia. The river is in length. It originates in Austria as Lendva Bach and first flows southeast. It enters Slovenia near Kugla, the highest peak of Prekmurje and flows south as Ledava. In...
flows into an artificial lake just south of the main settlement.
There is a round chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
in the centre of the village dedicated to The Sacred Heart of Jesus
Sacred Heart
The Sacred Heart is one of the most famous religious devotions to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of His divine love for Humanity....
. It belongs to the Pertoča
Pertoča
Pertoča is a village in the municipality of Rogašovci in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia.The parish church in the village is dedicated to Saint Helena. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota. It was originally a Gothic building dating to the 16th century...
Parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
. It was built in the early 20th century.