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31. March, 2020
Carved small-sized embroidery mould. The metal part is the negative of the mould. It was used in Nádasd in the early 20th century.
15. May, 2020
In the spring of 1945, four divisions of the Red Army moved through Prekmurje. The first troops came to Prekmurje on 1st of April and, together with the soldiers of Prekmurske čete, freed Murska Sobota and established a military base. On the 4th of April, they freed Lendava. In the battle with the Germans by…
4. March, 2020
Churn was a traditional tool for making butter at home. During the 20th century, such butter churns were common. In our area, churns with staves were more widespread, but potters also made earthenware churns. The churn from Szaknyér was a wide-bottomed pottery piece made on a potter’s wheel. A funnel-shaped receptacle can be fitted to…
4. March, 2020
Container made of straw and willow with a spiral technique for storing grain and legumes. Its broad belly ends in 7 cm-long neck. It stands on crossed slats, 23-23 cm in length.
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11. February, 2020
On April 10, 1925, the nave of the old Gothic church in the village of Sveti Jurij was demolished, but the chancel and the belfry were preserved. The plans for the new church were made by the Austrian architect Hans Pascher. The new St. George's Church was consecrated on September 15, 1929 by the then…
30. March, 2020
The 1828 census corresponds to today 's tax return form. The unit is the head of the taxpayer family. The list contains the number of peasant farms, the size of the cultivated area, the varieties of crops, the different ways and costs of production in each region.
17. February, 2020
The use of the seals of the settlements was regulated by the Act XVIII of 1871 on the settlements governance. When the law was enacted, the sub-prefect offices collected all the old typariums and placed them for preservation in the county archives. On these seals the settlements displayed their old, almost forgotten symbols
17. February, 2020
The use of the seals of the settlements was regulated by the Act XVIII of 1871 on the settlements governance. When the law was enacted, the sub-prefect offices collected all the old typariums and placed them for preservation in the county archives. On these seals the settlements displayed their old, almost forgotten symbols.
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30. April, 2020
In the spring of 1915, the builders of one of the largest prison camps of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, the Ostffyasszonyfa camp, were housed in a temporary camp near Kissitke. There were about a thousand Russian and Serbian prisoners of war on June 17, 1915 – in order to prevent the epidemic outbreaks and to provide…
18. August, 2020
Until the middle of the 18th century, the congregation of the Lutheran villages along Sorok Stream belonged to the articular church in Nemescsó. The Nemeskolta congregation became independent in the second half of the 18th century. Its first independent registry entry: November 9, 1783 Their church was completed a few years later, around 1786. The…
18. August, 2020
The Beltinci Castle stands in the middle of the extensive park. The village was mentioned as early as in 1322, as “Belethfalua”. Beltinci belonged to the Jura family as early as in the 13th century, but not for long, since after 1265, it became the property of the Haholdi landlords from Lendava, who ruled here…
21. February, 2020
Built in the 13th century, the church is the oldest building in the village. It served as a fortress in the Middle Ages, surrounded by a still existing moat built in the 16th century. For a time it belonged to the Calvinists, and from 1730 it became a Catholic church again. Its interior walls are…
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18. August, 2020
Remenke or remenice are decorated Easter eggs. The widely known traditional technique of egg decoration called batik (with wax and paint) is characteristic for Ravensko and Dólinsko. The basis for decoration is blown eggs. Remenke are made and exhibited during the Easter holidays, and as souvenirs for tourists throughout the year. The batik technique started…
20. February, 2020
It was customary for the Pentecostal queen or princess to have a procession. The custom was still alive in the early 1960s. The girls asked for admission into the houses, where they sang the greeting song entitled “God brought us the red Pentecost Day”. Four girls, held a flower-patterned scarf above the smallest, fifth girl…
21. February, 2020
At the beginning of the 20th century, Sándor Koltay, a teacher, urged to keep alive the custom of St. Gregory Procession on March 12. The origin of the custom goes back to the Middle Ages, when begging students roamed from house to house in the village. Starting from the 17th century, the custom also included…
20. February, 2020
The legend of Ostffy Miklós in the Scythe House is about a local landlord who stuck to his Protestant faith during the Counter-Reformation. Ostffy's castle was destroyed by the Austrian emperor's troops. He escaped but was later captured. According to the legend, he was locked in the scythe house in Vienna, where scythes cut up…
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15. May, 2020
Jožef Godina fought in Austro-Hungarian units in the First World War and, in 1918, he joined the ranks of General Maister. He collaborated in the efforts for the occupation of Prekmurje, where he was captured and sentenced to death, but managed to flee. In 1925, he finished his degree in theology and was a priest…
29. April, 2020
Miklós Ostffy was present at the Bishop's Election Council on June 27, 1669. He welcomed the new bishop, István Szenczi Fekete, during his church-visiting roundtrip on the August 29, 1669, in Asszonyfa. Ostffy, in 1679, gave shelter in his castle to the persecuted Protestant bishop. In 1680 the castle was completely demolished by the Imperial…
21. July, 2020
He went to the Faludi Ferenc Reálgimnázium Secondary School, where he was the student of Ágoston Pável who also offered him accommodations. For one and a half years after graduation, he worked on his father's farm in Csönge. He graduated in philosophy and aesthetics, receiving his PhD in 1939. Moved to Budapest in 1943, but…
20. May, 2020
The illustrator, animator, sculptor and film director Miki (Nikolaj) Muster (Murska Sobota, 1925 – Ljubljana, 2018) is best known in Slovenia for his comic strip characters Zvitorepec, Trdonja and Lakotnik, whose adventures he published in the Slovenski poročevalec newspaper between 1952 and 1973. He was the author of several picture books for children, advertisements, a…
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3. March, 2020
A wedding song that was sung when the bride left her home.
3. March, 2020
Stolnjek prestri se (Prtič pogrni se) / Wishing-tablecloth The Rába Region’s Slovenes’ version of the internationally known “Wishing-Table” tale . (ATU 563)
3. March, 2020
Sojenice (Sojenice) / Fate fairies In the Slovenian Rába Region, fate fairies predict the fate of a child at the birth. Local version of an international motif. (ATU 934)
11. February, 2020
They were singing this lullaby when the baby was rocked in a hutch or cradle. A variation of three words (heje, baba, bijja) gives the lyrics of the song. The lullaby was collected in 1972 by Antal Békefi.