István Kühár () (August 28, 1887 – January 1, 1922) was a Slovene

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priest, politician, and writer in

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, and later in

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. He was born in Gradišče, near Tišina, to József Kühár and Katalin Gombócz. His mother was a daughter of a petty nobleman. His brother János Kühar was also a writer that promoted

Prekmurje Slovene Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, Eastern Slovene, or Wendish (, , Prekmurje Slovene: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmörski jezik, panonska slovenščina''), is the language of Prekmurje in Easte ...

. Between 1917 and 1922, he was the parish priest in

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. Politically, Kühar favored the secession of the

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from Hungary and their autonomy in

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. Kühar, József Klekl, József Szakovics,

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, and Iván Bassa advocated autonomy for

Prekmurje Prekmurje (; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; ) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally, and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarians in Slovenia, Hungarian minority, lying betwee ...

in 1918 and 1919. After

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, Kühar identified with

in Yugoslavia. Kühar was an editor of the Catholic newspaper ''Marijin list.''

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* Források a Muravidék Történetéhez ''(Viri za zgodovino Prekmurja)'' 2.

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Zalaegerszeg Zalaegerszeg (; ; ; ) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary. Location Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders, and west-southwest of Budapest by road. Hi ...

2008.
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