Republic of Prekmurje

Republic of Prekmurje
Murska Republika
Republika Slovenska okroglina
Republika Prekmurje
Mura Köztársaság
Vendvidéki Köztársaság
1919–1919
Flag of Prekmurje
Flag
StatusUnrecognized state
CapitalMurska Sobota
GovernmentRepublic
Governor 
• 1919
Vilmos Tkálecz
Historical eraWorld War I
• Established
May 29, 1919
• Disestablished
June 6, 1919
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Austria-Hungary
State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
Kingdom of Hungary
The balcony in Murska Sobota from which Vilmos Tkálecz proclaimed the Republic of Prekmurje.
Curfew for Murska Sobota, signed by József Pusztai.

The Republic of Prekmurje (Hungarian: Vendvidéki Köztársaság, Mura Köztársaság; Slovene: Murska Republika, Republika Prekmurje; Prekmurje Slovene: Reszpublika Szlovenszka okroglina, Mörszka Reszpublika) was an unrecognized state in Prekmurje, an area traditionally known in Hungarian as Vendvidék ("Wendic March").[1] On June 6, 1919, Prekmurje was incorporated into the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed "Yugoslavia" in 1929).

The state bordered with Austria to the north, Hungary to the east, and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to the west and south.

  1. ^ Kosi, Jernej (2020). "Summer of 1919: A Radical, Irreversible, Liberating Break in Prekmurje/Muravidék?". The Hungarian Historical Review. 9 (1): 51–68. ISSN 2063-8647.