János Murkovics was Slovene teacher, musician and writer in Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

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He was born near Ljutomer

Ljutomer

Ljutomer is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia, some 40 km east of Maribor. Traditionally it was part of the region of Styria. It is now included in the Pomurska statistical region....

, Mala Nedelja

Mala Nedelja

Mala Nedelja is a small settlement in the eastern part of the Slovenske gorice hills in the Ljutomer Municipality in northeastern Slovenia...

 (Klein Sonntag). He studied in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. In 1862 arrived in Hungary at Beltinci

Beltinci

Beltinci is a settlement and a municipality in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. The municipality has 8,256 inhabitants...

. In 1871 wrote his course-book the Abecednik, this was the first book in the prekmurian language.

In 1878-1880 worked in Trbovlje

Trbovlje

Trbovlje is a town and municipality in central Slovenia. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria region. The entire municipality is now included in the Central Sava statistical region. Located in the valley of a minor left bank tributary of the Sava River, the area is known for its...

, by 1880 again in Hungary, in Lendava

Lendava

Lendava is a town and a municipality in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is close to the border crossing with Hungary at Dolga vas-Rédics, and Hungarian is one of the official languages of the municipality, along with Slovene...

. In 1910, he retired in Lendavske Gorice

Lendavske Gorice

Lendavske Gorice is a settlement in the hills immediately to the east of Lendava in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.The local church in the settlement is dedicated to The Holy Trinity and belongs to the Lendava Parish. It was built in 1728 by the Gludovácz family...

, where he later died.

Source

• ZGODOVINA ŠOLE V BELTINCIH
• Pokrajinski muzej Murska Sobota, Katalog stalne razstave, Murska Sobota
  Murska Sobota
  Murska Sobota is a city in northeastern Slovenia. It is located in the eponymous municipality near the Mura River in the region of Prekmurje and is the regional capital.-Name:...
  
   1997. ISBN 961-90438-1-2
• Slovenski Biografski Leksikon – Murkovič Janez