Prekmurje is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region settled by Slovenes and lying between the Mur River inSlovenia and the Rába Valley (the watershed of the Rába) (Slovene: Porabje) in the most western part of Hungary. It maintains certain specific linguistic, cultural and religious features that differentiate it from other Slovenian traditional regions.
The majority of the population of Prekmurje uses Slovene, either in its standard form or in its regional variant, the Prekmurje dialect, while notable part of local population speaks Hungarian or Romani. Before World War II, German was also present in the region, especially in some areas along the border with Austria. According to the Yugoslav census of 1931, just above 2% of the population of the region had German as their mother tongue, while around 12% used Hungarian. After 1945, most of the German speakers either fled or were expelled, while the use of Hungarian has been in slow, but constant decline since 1918.
Notable people
- Mihael Bakoš, Lutheran preacher and author;
- Evald Flisar, writer;
- László Göncz, historian and politician;
- Feri Horvat, politician, Chairman of the Slovenian National Assembly (2004);
- Miško Kranjec, writer;
- Vlado Kreslin, singer;
- Milan Kučan, politician, President of Slovenia (1990–2002);
- Števan Küzmič, Lutheran preacher and author;
- Mikloš Küzmič, writer and translator;
- Feri Lainšček, writer;
- Oto Luthar, historian;
- Miki Muster, cartoonist;
- Mitja Mörec, football player;
- Avgust Pavel, ethnologist and translator;
- Mária Pozsonec, politician;
- Dušan Šarotar, writer;
- Radovan Žerjav, politician, chairman of the Slovenian People's Party and Minister of Economy of Slovenia.
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