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Sobotište
Sobotište () is a village and municipality in Senica District in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia. In 1845 it was the location of the establishment of the first cooperative in Europe by Samuel Jurkovič (Spolok gazdovský). Geography The municipality lies at an elevation of 252 metres and covers an area of 32.254 km2. It has a population of about 1,536. Districts * Sobotište * Javorec History In history, historical records the village was first mentioned in 1241. People * Samuel Jurkovič :sk:Samuel Jurkovič, (sk) * Alois Kaiser, Austrian-US chazzan, composer * Bogoslav Šulek, Bogoslav Šulek (born Bohuslav Šulek), 1816–1895, Slovak-Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer See also * 26401 Sobotište References External links Official page Villages and municipalities in Senica District {{Jewish-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogoslav Šulek
Bogoslav Šulek (born Bohuslav Šulek; April 20, 1816 – November 30, 1895) was a Croatian philologist, historian and lexicographer. He was very influential in creating Croatian terminology in the areas of social and natural sciences, technology and civilization. Early career Šulek was born to an ethnic Slovak family. He was born in Sobotište (then known as Szobotist), in the Nyitra County of the Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Slovakia) where he attended primary school. He studied at the evangelical lyceum in Bratislava. He decided not to become a pastor, but was unable to continue his studies in Jena, so he came to his brother in the Croatian town of Brod na Savi in November 1838. Soon thereafter, he made contact with Ljudevit Gaj, the central figure of the Croatian Illyrian movement, and in autumn 1839 started working as a printer for Franjo Župan in Zagreb. He started writing for Gaj's papers in 1841 and was the editor-in-chief of the illegal paper ''Branislav'', print ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |