First written mention as "Barkouch" in the Kingdom of Hungary. Later Balkoch, Barkoch, Barkowcz; Hungarian Barkóc.
Prekmurje · on the Mura
Here the sky has room.
Flatland to the horizon, the Mura in no hurry, three borders that stop no one. Bakovci is a village where you can see far again.
Welcome
Not a place for sights. A place to stay.
Bakovci lies in the Ravensko, where Slovenia turns flat and Hungary comes close. Those who come find no queue, but a table. This site shows what makes the village, and along the way tells the story of a family that comes from here.
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Five reasons to slow down
Nature & the Mura
Floodplain forests, oxbow lakes, storks on the roofs. Here the Mura is still a river with ferries, not a canal.
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St Anne's Church
The chapel of 1891 became a parish of its own in 1981. On St Anne's Sunday in July the village celebrates its proščenje.
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Bograč, Prekmurska gibanica, bujta repa. Prekmurje cooks the way it cooked a hundred years ago, only better.
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The old iža
Clay walls, wooden gable, tiled roof. A farmhouse of the kind that once stood in every street here.
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Mali Bakovci
Until 1973 the hamlet belonged to Krog; since then it has been part of Bakovci. A few farms, a red sign, a lot of quiet.
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Heart of the village
Nine hundred years a chapelry, then a parish of its own
For centuries the people of Veliki and Mali Bakovci walked to church in Murska Sobota. In 1890 they asked Bishop Kornel Hidasy for a chapel of their own; by 1891 it stood. From 1976 to 1981 the villagers built the rectory themselves, and on 19 March 1981 the parish of St Anne was founded. The church was enlarged to plans by architect Jože Kregar and consecrated on St Anne's Sunday 1985.
The first parish priest was Martin Poredoš (1931–2008). Mass: weekdays 7 pm, Sundays 8 and 10 am.
History
Seven hundred years in eight steps
Emperor Leopold I grants Nagy-Barkócz to the nobleman Peter Berke. The Barkóczy family carries the village's name.
The chapel of St Anne is completed, after the villagers petitioned Bishop Hidasy for it in 1890.
Teacher Milan Deškovič founds the brass band with 20 fire-brigade musicians, today Prekmurska godba Bakovci.
My mother is born here. Field work, storks, Sundays by the Mura. That story is still to be told.
Mali Bakovci is transferred from Krog to Bakovci.
After more than 900 years under Murska Sobota, Bakovci becomes a parish on 19 March. The enlarged church is consecrated in 1985.
NK Bakovci wins the third division east and plays one season in the Slovenian second league.
Village life
Who sets the tone here
Prekmurska godba Bakovci
Twenty fire-brigade musicians grew into one of the largest brass bands in Pomurje. Under Željko Ritlop, conductor since 1999, the ensemble has doubled. In 2016 the band played Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana.
NK Bakovci
The football club won the third division east and spent a season in the second tier. Today it builds on young players from the village and aims to return to the Pomurje league.
Anino proščenje
The patronal feast of St Anne. Mass, the brass band, bograč from the kettle. The day everyone who moved away comes home.
Eat & Stay
Hosts you know by first name
There are few beds in the village itself, but inns and farm stays nearby and the hotels of Murska Sobota five minutes away. We list only what we know ourselves and link directly, with no commission. The list is in the making.
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Events
Through the year
- July Anino proščenje, patronal feast on St Anne's Sunday
- Summer Soboško poletje with a concert by the band
- Dec Advent concert of the Prekmurska godba
Getting here
Closer than you think
- Graz 1 h 15 min via the A9 and A5, exit Murska Sobota
- Vienna 2 h 45 min
- Train To Murska Sobota, then 4 km by bus or bike
Village streets
Photos: Ajznponar (church, 2021) and DoncseczII (2024), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. 3D stork: mirada / ro.me (three.js). Our own photographs to follow.