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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…
31. March, 2020
An oval, leather-covered, wooden-framed yoke tool used for horses. The yoke comes from Antal Sigray's stud farm, which is indicated by the Sigray coat of arms made of metal on top of the yoke (two crossed arms holding a goldfish, top right with a silver crescent moon and left with a gold star). Count Antal…
15. May, 2020
This one-handled jug with an upright, straight mouth and handle is nicely decorated along the surface with furrowed incisions. In the middle of the jug, there is a wide band of zigzag incisions with a bundle of straight lines on both sides. Under the mouth are strings of triangular or partially rhombic motifs. Both sides…
21. February, 2020
Three-legged, ceramic pot with two handles and lid. It is glazed in greenish-brown color inside and outside. On the handles there are button decorations. It is newly made, of traditional shape.
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11. February, 2020
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…
11. February, 2020
Anton Vratuša was born on February 21, 1915 in Dolnje Slaveči. His birth was registered on February 28 in the civil registry office. According to the civil records, he was registered as Antal, his parents were Antal Vratosa, 27, a small landowner, and Anna Bokán, 23. They were both Roman Catholics. They lived in the…
21. May, 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.
13. February, 2020
The territorial base unit of medieval agriculture was the rotation (‘nyomás’). The plots were scattered around the settlement in several different patches. Consolidation is the process in which farmers' scattered plots of small pieces are merged and each owner receives his land as one contiguous area. The consolidation began after the enactment of the laws…
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11. February, 2020
The Lutheran parish of Hodoš was established as the third in the row on November 1, 1783, after the edict of tolerance of 1781. The first church was built in the same year. As time passed, it began to decay, and the construction of a new church began, which was completed in 1823. The third…
11. February, 2020
An tombstone made of artificial stone (cast cement and lime, polished and carved) and a photograph which is considered rare in the Pomurje region. A toddler can be seen on it, on a bier. This entry was written in Prekmurje dialect with Hungarian letters: Here rests Leopold Šafarič, born in 1920 and died in 1921.…
18. August, 2020
On the outskirts of the village of Sitke, on the Köves hillside surrounding the village, the chapel was built in 1871. Its builders were the owners of the village castle at that time, Sándor Felsőbüki Nagy and his wife, Teréz Weidgang. The chapel was consecrated on February 4, 1872. The small chapel is built in…
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…
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18. August, 2020
The Časar water mill in Berkovci ceased working in 1968 and, since 2000, it has become a museum, registered as Immobile Cultural Heritage, nr. EŠD 9272. It is a two-storeyed wooden mill structure, built in 1930. In 1946, the water wheel was replaced by a Francis turbine, the additional power came from a piston engine,…
20. February, 2020
According to folk tradition, robbers had a castle at the Muszla Spring. The water surrounded a regular hill. They legend has it, that gold treasures were found, a seven-branched candlestick.
10. February, 2020
In Gančani, erecting May-pole is part of the rural heritage. Basically, it is a religious folk festivity. In Gančani, erection of May poles dates back to 1919, when the young set them up in honor of Virgin Mary for their lucky return from the First World War. The 18-year-olds gathered on the first Friday of…
3. March, 2020
The log-pulling at the end of the carnival is a fun mock marriage game where the log is dragged – by the “bride” and the “groom” as well as girls and boys dressed as best men and bridesmaids and dressed in costumes – to the center of the village. Slovenian customs in the Rába region…
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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…
18. August, 2020
Born in Vál, graduated in Zagreb in theology, Frideczky served in the Zagreb diocese until 1849. From March 1848 to August 13, 1849 he was a pastor of the Sándor Infantry Regiment, and until October 1850 he was a pastor of the Graz Military Hospital. Then he came to the Diocese of Szombathely: From 1860…
30. April, 2020
The Farkasfa trial was the bloodiest event in the communist justice system in Hungary. 70 people were prosecuted in 1953 on charges of espionage and conspiracy in Yugoslavia. 10 people have been sentenced to death or have died in connection with trial: Mrs. József Bekes, József Bekes, Péter Wrangel, Ferenc Sipos, Ernő Szabó, János Sipos,…
15. May, 2020
The Benko family owned the pub and butcher shop in Tešanovci. In 1913, they relocated the shop to Murska Sobota and Jožef turned it into a meat plant, which developed into one of the most modern industrial plants in the country. Benko established a bank, published a newspaper, named Murska krajina, was at the head…
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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)
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.
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)
3. March, 2020
A wedding song that was sung when the bride left her home.