Mihály Bertalanits (November 8, 1788 – January 8, 1853) was Slovene cantor, teacher and poet 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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Born in a deceased village Gerečavci (Gerecsavecz, Gericsavecz) between Večeslavci

Večeslavci

Večeslavci is a village in the Rogašovci Municipality in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia.The evangelic teacher and poet István Szijjártó was born in the village.-External links:*...

 and Sveti Jurij

Sveti Jurij, Rogašovci

Sveti Jurij is a village in the Rogašovci Municipality in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia.The Parish Church in the village, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint George. It is a large thrr aisled Neo'Romanesque building built in 1925. Elements of the original...

 near Rogašovci

Rogašovci

Rogašovci is settlement and a municipality in Slovenia. It is part of the Prekmurje region.-External links:*...

. Bertalanits was son of peasant György Bertalanics (sic!) and Katarina (unknown surname). In 1806 was auxiliary teacher in Beltinci

Beltinci

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

, in 1808 teacher in Felsőszölnök

Felsoszölnök

Felsőszölnök is a village in Vas County, Hungary. It is the westernmost point of Hungary, and lies on the borders with Slovenia and Austria.-Location:...

. Here was an auxiliary teacher Ferenc Marics

Ferenc Marics

Ferenc Marič was a Hungarian Slovene teacher and poet.He was born in Istvánfalva . His father György Marits was the first teacher and cantor in the village. György was born in Gerecsavecz...

, his father György, the teacher and cantor of Apátistvánfalva

Apátistvánfalva

Apátistvánfalva is a village in Vas County, Hungary....

 was born also in Gerečavci.

Bertalanits and Marics was copied and reworked for themselves of the prekmurian hymnal of Ruzsics cantor-teacher. Marics use this hymnal in Istvánfalva, Bertalanits in Pečarovci

Pečarovci

Pečarovci is a village in the Puconci Municipality in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.Thre are two churches in the settlement. The Roman Catholic Parish Church is dedicated to Saint Sebastian and was built in 1824. It has a single nave with a polygonal apse and a belfry on its eastern side. It...

. Bertalanits lived here until his death. He died of pneumonia.

Literature

• Francek Mukič – Marija Kozar: Slovensko Porabje, MOHORJEVA DRUŽBA CELJE
  Celje
  Celje is a typical Central European town and the third largest town in Slovenia. It is a regional center of Lower Styria and the administrative seat of the Urban Municipality of Celje . The town of Celje is located under Upper Celje Castle at the confluence of the Savinja, Ložnica, and Voglajna...
  
  , 1982.