Vilmos Tkálecz ( sl, Vilmoš Tkalec January 8, 1894 – May 27, 1950) was a
Hungarian-Slovenian schoolmaster
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and politician who served as governor of the short-lived
Republic of Prekmurje
The Republic of Prekmurje ( hu, Vendvidéki Köztársaság, Mura Köztársaság; sl, Murska Republika, Republika Prekmurje; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Reszpublika Szlovenszka okroglina'', ''Mörszka Reszpublika'') was an List of unrecognized count ...
in 1919.
Tkálecz was born on January 8, 1894, in
Turnišče,
Prekmurje
Prekmurje (; dialectically: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; hu, Muravidék) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarian minority, lying between the Mur R ...
, in
Zala County
Zala ( hu, Zala megye, ; ; ) is an administrative county ( comitatus or ''megye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia ( Koprivnica–Križevci and Međimurje Counties) and Slovenia ( Lend ...
of the
Kingdom of Hungary
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. His father István Tkálecz was an innkeeper, and his mother was Mária Hochhoffer, who was of
German
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descent. In 1917, he enlisted in the army and was sent to
Russia
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. After
World War I
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, he worked as a schoolteacher in
Črenšovci ( hu, Cserföld), near
Lendava
Lendava (; formerly ''Dolnja Lendava'', in older sources also ''Dolenja Lendava''; hu, Lendva, formerly ''Alsólendva''; german: Lindau, formerly ''Unter-Limbach'') is a town in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is the seat of the Municip ...
.
Under the
Hungarian Soviet Republic
The Socialist Federative Republic of Councils in Hungary ( hu, Magyarországi Szocialista Szövetséges Tanácsköztársaság) (due to an early mistranslation, it became widely known as the Hungarian Soviet Republic in English-language sources ( ...
, Tkálecz was an assistant to the clerk
Béla Obál while he stayed in
Murska Sobota
Murska Sobota (, Slovenian abbreviation: ''MS'' ; german: Olsnitz;''Radkersburg und Luttenberg'' (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut. hu, Muraszombat) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the centre of the ...
.
On May 29, 1919, Tkálecz declared Prekmurje a republic. On June 6, the
Hungarian Red Army was sent to Murska Sobota and overthrew the state. Tkálecz went into exile to
Austria
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sometime during 1920, and later found work as a teacher in
Nagykarácsony
Nagykarácsony is a village in Fejér county, Hungary
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,
Hungary
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, where he remained for many years. He died in
Budapest
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in 1950. After 1929 he changed his name to ''Vilmos Tarcsay''. In 1939 wrote a
Prekmurje Slovene
Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, East Slovene, or Wendish ( sl, prekmurščina, prekmursko narečje, hu, vend nyelv, muravidéki nyelv, Prekmurje dialect: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmör ...
textbook called ''Vend-szlovenszka kniga cstenya.''
See also
*
Republic of Prekmurje
The Republic of Prekmurje ( hu, Vendvidéki Köztársaság, Mura Köztársaság; sl, Murska Republika, Republika Prekmurje; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Reszpublika Szlovenszka okroglina'', ''Mörszka Reszpublika'') was an List of unrecognized count ...
*
List of Slovenian politicians
The following is a list of Slovenian politicians:
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A
* Juro Adlešič
*Fran Albreht
B
*Andrej Bajuk
*Engelbert Besednjak
*Janez Bleiweis
* Katja Boh
*József Borovnyák
*France Bučar
C
*Ivan Ca ...
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1894 births
1950 deaths
People from Turnišče
Slovenian politicians
Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary
Hungarian Slovenes
Hungarian educators
People from Črenšovci