József Kossics
József Kossics ( Slovenian : Jožef Košič ; * around October 9, 1788 in Bogojina , Hungary , now Slovenia ; † December 26, 1867 Oberzemming , Hungary) was a Slovenian writer, poet, linguist, historian, folklorist and Catholic priest in Hungary. He was of Croatian descent.
Kossics was born in Bogojina ( Hungarian : Bagonya ), in the Prekmurje region. His father József Kossics was a schoolmaster in Varaždin ( Croatia ), and his mother Ana von Kregar came from a Hungarian family which was raised to the nobility in 1650. He attended high school in Güns and Steinamanger . He was ordained a priest in 1811 and worked as a chaplain in Prekmurje, Fellsdorf , Turnišče and Sveti Jurij . In 1816 he was appointed priest at Unterzemming (a Slovenian-German village near Szentgotthárd ). His most important work is the first Slovenian monograph, Von Wenden (Slovenes) in Hungary ( O Vendskih-Totih na Vogrskom / A Magyar Országi Vendus-Tótokról ). The German edition appeared in 1829.
From 1829 Kossics was a priest in Oberzemming . He died here in 1867.
Works
- Vannak -e Magyar országban Vandalusok?
- From Wenden in Hungary (O Vendskih-Totih na Vogrskom)
- Krátki Návuk Vogrskoga Jezika za Začetnike
- Križna paut na XIV. Štácie ali postojališča
- Starine železnih ino Salaskih Slovencov
- Educated Slovene and Slovene between the Mur and the Raab (Zborisani Sloven in Slovenka med Műrov in Rábov)
- History of the Kingdom of Hungary (Zgodbe vogerskoga kralestva)
- Jesus my wish (Jezuš moje poželenje)
literature
- Francek Mukič in Marija Kozar, Slovensko Porabje , Celje 1982.
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SURNAME | Kossics, József |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Košič, Jožef (Slovenian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian writer, poet, linguist, historian, folklorist and Catholic priest |
DATE OF BIRTH | around October 9, 1788 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bogojina , Slovenia |
DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1867 |
Place of death | Oberzemming |