Alajos Drávecz () (29 November 1866 – 28 August 1915) was a Slovenian

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and writer. Born in Rábatótfalu (now

Szentgotthárd Szentgotthárd () 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, founded here in 1183. In 1664, it was ...

). His parents were István Drávecz and Rozália Korpics. The young Drávecz and his wife emigrated to the

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, then came back to

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, and settled down in Rábakethely (now Szentgotthárd).
In 1915 Drávecz joined the forces and call out in North-Hungary (

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), later in

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. He was killed in

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, near

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. Drávecz noted down the Slovene popular costume in the Luca day, and the Andrew day, and folk songs.

His work

* Národna vera i navade v vési

References

* Francek Mukič - Marija Kozar: Slovensko Porabje, Mohorjeva družba, Celje 1982. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dravecz, Alajos 1866 births 1915 deaths People from Szentgotthárd Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary Slovenian ethnologists Austro-Hungarian military personnel killed in World War I Writers from Austria-Hungary

His work

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