Károly Holecz ( sl, Karči Holec) (born 24 February 1969) is a

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n writer, journalist, and former mayor of the village of Orfalu, near

Szentgotthárd Szentgotthárd ( sl, Monošter; german: St. Gotthard) is the westernmost town of Hungary. It is situated on the Rába River near the Austrian border. History The town took its name from, and grew up round, the Cistercian Szentgotthárd Abbey, fo ...

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. His parents are Károly Holecz Sr. and Sára Skerlák. Born in Szentgotthárd, he went to primary school in Apátistvánfalva and high school in Körmend. After that he received a bachelor's degree from

Dániel Berzsenyi Dániel Berzsenyi (; 7 May 1776 in Hetye (now Egyházashetye) – 24 February 1836 in Nikla) was a Hungarian poet.Trencsenyi, Balazs & Michal Kopecek, eds. ''Discourse of Collective Identity in Central and Southeast Europe.'' New York: Central E ...

College (now

University of West Hungary The main campus of the University of Sopron ( Soproni Egyetem, abbreviated SOE) is located in Sopron, Hungary. The school traces its roots to 1735.

– Savaria University Center) in

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after studying Slovene and technology. He worked at the Hungarian Slovenian weekly ''Porabje'', and from 1994 to 2006 was the mayor of Orfalu.Új választás lesz Orfalun: Goda-Holecz 28-28
'' Vas Népe'' (in Hungarian), October 5, 2010 (noting that Holecz was mayor from 1994-2006, that Ilona Goda was elected mayor in 2006, and that in the 2010 mayoral election they tied at 28-28, which will require a new vote) He has been awarded a recognition as a notable member of the Slovene minority in Hungary.Kisebbségek napja
''Gotthárd TV'' (in Hungarian), December 16, 2009 In 2003, he published a collection of stories titled ''Andovske zgodbe, Andovske prpovejsti'' (Stories of Orfalu)Együtt, egymásért: kisebbségek napja Szentgotthárdon
'' Vas Népe'' (in Hungarian), December 12, 2009 in standard Slovene and the

Prekmurje dialect 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 ...

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