István Lülik ( sl, Števan Lülik) (1764 – March 30, 1847) was a

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...

schoolmaster in the

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 ...

region of the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

, today in

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, in the 19th century. He lived and worked in

Puconci Puconci (; in older sources also ''Pucinci'', hu, Battyánd, Prekmurje Slovene: ''Püconci'') is a town in the Prekmurje region in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Puconci The Municipality of Puconci (; sl, Obči ...

, near

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 ...

. He was born in Strukovci. He taught in a school in

Rajka Rajka (german: Ragendorf, sk, Rajka, hr, Rakindrof ) is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary. The village has large Slovak and German minorities. Etymology The name comes from the Slavic personal name ''Rajko'', ''Rajka'' (derive ...

and later moved to the Mura March. In 1833 he translated a textbook from German into Hungarian and the local

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 ...

dialect. One of the topics of this book is the Mura March, which he calls ''Szlovenszka kraina'' in his native language because the inhabitants of the region called themselves ''szloveni'' (Slovenes). In the Hungarian version of the book, he calls them ''vandalus'' (Vandals) because

Hungarian Slovenes Hungarian Slovenes ( Slovene: ''Madžarski Slovenci'', hu, Magyarországi szlovének) are an autochthonous ethnic and linguistic Slovene minority living in Hungary. The largest groups are the Rába Slovenes ( sl, porabski Slovenci, dialectical ...

living near the rivers Mura and

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were thought to be descendants of the

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. Three editions of the book were published for use Lutheran schools in Prekmurje. Lülik died in 1847.

His work

* Novi abeczedár z- nisteri nemski táksi kni'zecz vküp pobráni, i na szlovenszki jezik preobernyem p. L. S. P. S Stampani v- M. Óvári pri Czéh Sándori z sztroskom Balog Andrása knígvezárá

Sources

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* Anton Trstenjak: ''Slovenci na Ogrskem: Narodopisna in književna črtica'', Objava arhivskih virov, Maribor, 2006.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lulik, Istvan 1764 births 1847 deaths Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary Slovenian writers Hungarian educators People from Puconci

His work

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