Upper Hungary Magyar Educational Society

The Upper Hungary Magyar Educational Society (Hungarian: Felvidéki/Felsőmagyarországi Magyar Közművelődési Egyesület, FEMKE, also FMKE; Slovak: Hornouhorský maďarský vzdelávací spolok) was a non-governmental organization in Upper Hungary, founded on 20 November 1883,[1][2] that conducted Magyarisation initiatives among the region's predominantly ethnic Slovak population.

[4] It was based in Nyitra, now the city of Nitra in western Slovakia, and was supported by the prominent Hungarian nationalist Béla Grünwald[5] and the Bishop of Nitra, Imre Bende.

[6] The organisation met some success: between 1900 and 1910, the proportion of self-identified Slovaks in Nyitra County dropped by over 6 percent, thanks in part to its efforts,[7] and by 1910, it was estimated that 21 percent of the Slovak population in the country as a whole had learned Hungarian.

[9] FEMKE was ultimately dissolved in 1919 after the breakup of the Kingdom of Hungary.

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