Vilmos Tkálecz
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Vilmos Tkálecz was a Hungarian-Slovenian schoolmaster and politician who served as governor of the short-lived Republic of Prekmurje in summer 1919.
Tkálecz and his wife
Prekmurje
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Prekmurje is a geographically, linguistically, culturally, and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarian minority, lying between the Mur River in Slovenia and the Rába
Vilmos Tkálecz
…and politician who served as governor of the short-lived Republic of Prekmurje in summer 1919. Tkálecz was born on January 8, 1894, in Turnišče, Prekmurje, in Zala County of the Kingdom of Hungary. His father István Tkálecz was an innkeeper, and his mother was Mária Hochhoffer, who was of German descent…
Typical Prekmurje rural landscape in Goričko
The Lendava Hills in winter
A traditional house in Prekmurje
Bilingual (Slovenian and Hungarian) signs in Martinje (Hungarian: Magasfok)