Church of the Assumption of Mary

The Church of the Assumption of Mary is a place of pilgrimage. Information on the existence of the church and the parish dates back to 1208, but the year 1275 is recorded as the beginning of the construction of the present church. Later, in the 14th or 15th century, a Gothic presbytery was added and connected to the nave. Originally, the church had a flat ceiling, which in 1660 was replaced by a vaulted and painted ceiling. In 1690 the church had a wooden tower. The present 35 m high bell tower was added in 1729. A major repair of the church was carried out in 1781.

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  • Architecture

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  • Café within 500m

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Farič Chapel

The chapel at Farič was built in 1928. It was designed as a private chapel by the spouses Jožef Farič and Klara Kular, married in 1894. Jožef was greatly helped by his son Kalman, who made many bicycle trips, even to Maribor to visit the diocese, when he tried to obtain civil and ecclesiastical permission to build a new chapel on the family property. Within five months the chapel was erected and a blessing permit was also issued.

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Vuk's Chapel

In 1925, the villagers erected a wooden bell tower on the site of the present chapel. On the initiative of some villagers, the wooden bell tower was demolished and the present bell tower was built with a small chapel, which was blessed in honour of St. Anton of Padua on 10 June 1938. In 1963 and 1964, on the initiative of the then parish priest Ivan Kolenc, the chapel was extended and refurbished according to the plans of Jožef Požauk from Maribor.

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Chapel of St Urbana

The chapel of St Urbana dates back to 1829. The chapel has a bell tower above the main façade, with the year 1889 on the lintel. A crucifix is built on the outside, which was probably originally here.