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

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schoolmaster in the

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 ...

region of the

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, today in

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

Puconci Puconci (; in older sources also ''Pucinci'', , Prekmurje Slovene: ''Püconci'') is a settlement in the Prekmurje region in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Puconci. Prior to 1920 it was known as Battyánd. Church ...

, near

Murska Sobota Murska Sobota (, Slovenian abbreviation: ''MS'' ; ;''Radkersburg und Luttenberg'' (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut. ) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Murska Sob ...

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

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

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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'', ) are an autochthonous ethnic and linguistic Slovene minority living in Hungary. The largest groups are the Rába Slovenes (, dialectically: ''vogrski Slovenci, bákerski Slovenci, porábsk ...

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

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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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