József Klekl (writer)

József Klekl the Jr. (Slovene: Jožef Klekl, March 3, 1879 – September 24, 1936) was a Slovene writer, journalist, and Roman Catholic priest in Hungary, later in the Prekmurje (Slovene March).

Klekl was born in Krajna, near Tišina from father András Klekl and mother Anna Lülik. András Klekl's brother was István Klekl, the father of József Klekl, who was Slovene politician and also Catholic priest. The grandfather of the Klekl brothers, Anton Klekl was German descent from the Prlekija.

Klekl's ordination was in June 27, 1902 in Szombathely. Four years was chaplain in Sveti Jurij, near Rogašovci, one year in Rechnitz between the Burgenland Croats, three years in Turnišče and one year in Murska Sobota. By 1911 was priest in Dolenci, where he died in 1936.

In 1906-1919 was the editor of Prekmurian almanach Kalendar Srca Jezušovoga, in 1918-1919 editor of the newspaper Novine. In 1918 support the program of the autonomous Slovene March (Slovenska krajina) in Hungary or Slovenia. After the World War I support the use of the Prekmurian language. In his articles hard attacking the communism.

József Klekl

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József Klekl (politician)

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

Early life

Klekl born in Prekmurje, in Krajna, in the Vas County of the Kingdom of Hungary. The writer József Klekl (1879–1936), his cousin, was also born here. Because he was older, he is known as Jožef Klekl Stari ('József Klekl Sr.') in Slovenian. His parents, István Klekl and Teréz Sálmán, were farmers. The Klekl family was of German descent. His grandfather Anton Klekl was born in Kellerdorf, near Radkersburg, Austria.

On July 11, 1897 Klekl became a priest and chaplain to Ferenc Ivanóczy in Tišina. At the time, Ivanóczy was the governor of the Hungarian Slovenes. From 1902 to 1903 he was a chaplain in Dürnbach im Burgenland, and from 1903-1905 in Črenšovci. In 1905 he became the priest in Pečarovci. In 1910 he retired on a pension and lived in Črenšovci.