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1. The Reformation spread to Slovakia in M. Luther's lifetime and there continued through the 16th and 17th c. largely to mirror the thought prevalent in Ger.

2. Jan Kollár (1793–1852; b. Mosovce, W Slovakia; educ. Pressburg [Bratislava] and Jena, Ger.; pastor Pest [now part of Budapest]; prof. Vienna 1849; poet), M. M. Hodza,* and Karol Kuzmány (Karel; Karl; Carl; 1806–66; b. Brezno, cen. Slovakia; educ. Jena, Ger.; pastor Banska Bystrica [Neusohl]; prof. Vienna; hymnist) were influenced by Hegelian idealism. The most significant 19th c. theol. figure was J. M. Hurban.* JP

See also Czechoslovakia.

J. Borbis, Die evangelisch-lutherische Kirche Ungarns in ihrer geschichtlichen Entwicklung (Nördlingen, 1861).