Andrej Hlinka (1864-1938)

• Authors: Jan Rychlík

Title variants

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Andrej Hlinka (1864-1938)

Abstracts

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Andrej Hlinka, the Catholic priest and Slovak patriot, was a key Slovak politician of the first half of the 20th century. He was a founder of the Slovak People's Party. He was persecuted by the Hungarian authorities for his Slovak political activities. He was imprisoned for two years in 1906 and was also suspended from the priesthood by Sander Párvy, the bishop of Spiš. However, the canonical process in Rome cleared Hlinka from all accusations and Párvy had to restore him to his parish in Ružomberok after he left prison. In 1918 Hlinka became a member of the Slovak National Council and advocated the separation of Slovakia from Hungary and its unification with the Czech Lands. In the First Czechoslovak Republic he was permanently elected deputy to the House of Deputies of the Czechoslovak National Assembly. However, Hlinka was not satisfied with the centralist model of Czechoslovakia and advocated Slovak autonomy. He died in August 1938.

Keywords

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Andrej Hlinka; Slovak history; Czechoslovak history

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Masaryk's Institute and Archives, ASCR
• Journal: Střed. Časopis pro mezioborová studia Střední Evropy 19. a 20. století. / Centre. Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies of Central Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 3
• Issue: Supplementum_1
• Pages: 55-66
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jan Rychlík

• Masarykův ústav a archiv AV ČR, v.v.i., Gabčíkova 2362/10, 182 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic