Simon Knéfacz, or Simeon Knéfacz, alternative names ''Kniefacz, Šimon Knefac, Šimeon Kniefac'' (February 23, 1752 – August 3, 1819) was a Hungarian monk and
Burgenland Croatian
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writer.
Born in
Devínska Nová Ves
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near
Bratislava
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(originally Mátyás Knéfacz), died in
Klingenbach
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Population
Majority of population declares as Burgenland Cro ...
. He wrote three books in Burgenland Croatian. Knéfacz, along with
Lőrinc Bogovich Lőrinc () is a Hungarian given name. It is a cognate of English '' Laurence'', a name derived from a form of the Latin
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,
Jeremiás Sosterich and
Godfried Palkovich Godfried is the Dutch form of Geoffrey and Gottfried. It may refer to:
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played a role in the standardization of the Burgenland Croatian language in the 18th century.
Works
* Lapat evangeliumszki ''(Evangeliary),'' 1798
* Marianszko czvéche ''(Virgin's flower),'' 1803
* Vrata nebészka ''(Heavenly Gate),'' 1804
See also
*
Burgenland Croats
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Around 320,000 residents of Austria identify as of Croat heritage; 56,785 have, as sole or multiple natio ...
Literature
* Nikola Benčić: Književnost gradišćanskih Hrvata,
Zagreb
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1998.
* Ludwig Kuzmich: Kulturhistorische Aspekte der burgenlandkroatischen Druckwerke bis 1921 mit einer primären Bibliographie,
Eisenstadt
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1992.
* Paul Jos. Šafařík's Geschichte der südslawischen Literatur, Verlag von Friedrich Tempsky 1864.
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External links
Das Auer Himmelstor 1857 - Cundravska Vrata nebeska
1752 births
1819 deaths
Burgenland Croats
Hungarian writers
Croatian writers
Hungarian Christian monks
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