Štefan Kühar was born on July 29, 1882 in Bratonci. He studied in Lendava and Nagykanizsa, then in Szombathely he studied theology, which he had to stop because of his lung disease. He returned to Bratonci, where he collected folk songs and ethnographic materials. He has published in the Novine newspaper, in the Heart of Jesus calendar and in the Journal of History and Ethnology. He died on September 24, 1915, at the early age of 33. They wrote in the newspapers, among other things, that he had a good command of the Dolinsko dialect, wrote well in Slovene language, and strove to keep the Slovenian people of Prekmurje faithful to their mother tongue.