Assumption of Mary church, Turnišče, Parish church in Turnišče, Slovenia

The Assumption of Mary church in Turnišče is an all-vaulted parish church with a bell tower and a nave enlarged around 1380, when the original church became the presbytery. Its interior was painted between 1380 and 1389 by the Radgona painter Johannes Aquila and his workshop, including a Virgin of Mercy with a cloak in the apse arch.

The parish is first recorded in 1334, though it was founded in 1094 under the Zagreb diocese and served as the seat of the vice-archdeacon for Prekmurje. In 1267 a reconciliation between the Jure and Hahold (Banffy) families took place in the church, then called Črnec. The Banffy family enlarged the nave around 1380 and had it painted by Johannes Aquila of Radgona between 1380 and 1389. Turkish raids in 1664 damaged the roof and parish house.

Pilgrims have long come to Mary at this site, called Marija Na pustinji, from Styria, Croatia and Hungary. Engaged couples once made the pilgrimage before marriage, and servants asked to make it at least once a year. Since 1992, 15 August, the Assumption, is a public holiday in Slovenia.

The church stands in the hamlet of Črnec, separate from Turnišče's centre, so allow for a short walk or drive between the two. The main pilgrimage date is 15 August, a public holiday in Slovenia since 1992, when crowds arrive mostly by car. Weekday visits are quieter for viewing the medieval wall paintings.

The church was named the diocesan pilgrimage centre of the Diocese of Murska Sobota on 15 August 2007 by Marjan Turnšek, the diocese's first bishop. The writer Jožef Košič recorded that pilgrims came here from Styria, Croatia and Hungary, and that the Slavonian ban Nikola Banffy is said to have walked from Lendava to receive the sacraments.