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The native form of this personal name is Klekl József. This article uses the Western name order.

József Klekl.

József Klekl (Slovene: Jožef Klekl) (October 13, 1874. – May 30, 1948.) Slovene Roman Catholic priest and politician in Hungary, writer, governor of the Slovene People's Party (Slovenska lüdska stranka), later congressman in Belgrade. Klekl was active proponent of the independence of Slovene March in Hungary (Slovenska krajina), some time the fusion with State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.

Early life

Klekl born in Prekmurje, in Krajna, near the styrian border. Here born the writer József Klekl (b. 1879), but was not relatives. Inusmach as he is the senior, hence his distinction is József Klekl the Old (Jožef Klekl Stari) in Slovenia. His parents István Klekl and Teréz Sálmán ploughmans. The family Klekl is German descent. His grandfather Anton Klekl born in Kellerdorf, near Radkersburg, Austria.

Of July 11, 1897 is priest and five year chaplain of Ferenc Ivanóczy in Tišina. Ivanóczy was at the time the governor of the Hungarian Slovenes. 1902-1903 chaplain in Incéd (Burgenland), 1903-1905 in Črenšovci. In 1905 priest of Pečarovci. In 1910 addle his salubrity, therefore retire on a pension and live in Črenšovci.

Politican agency

In 1904 was found the Hungarian slovene catholic tidings Marijin liszt. In 1914 found semi-radical tidings Novine. Herein stand against the Hungarisation in Prekmurje.
In 1918 the Austro-Hungarian Empire was crack up. Klekl was in connection with the famous Slovene politician Anton Korošec. Korošec and few Slovene politician be at the back of the independent Slovene March, what later make member of Yugoslavia. Klekl, József Szakovics, Iván Bassa, István Kühár and József Csárics was work out the programe Slovene March, but in Hungary come into power Bolshevik administration and Serbian forces quikly annex the Prekmurje.

The Prekmurians for long be sore at Klekl, as not give rise the independent Slovene krajina, the country of Szentgotthárd henceforward remained in Hungary and in Prekmurje he the official language is the Slovene, not Prekmurian.

After the First World War

Klekl after 1920 was congressman in the yugoslav capital. In 1941 the Hungarian Army intern.
Klekl and Szakovics freshen in the standard Prekmurian language in the 20th century, what after 1945 was break. Klekl dead in Murska Sobota (1948).

External links

• Enciklopedija Slovenije; knjiga 5, Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana, 1991.
• Vasi digitális könyvtár – Vasi egyházmegye
• Göncz László: Muravidék, 1919
• Bence Lajos: A szlovéniai magyarság