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31. March, 2020
The chest is made of wrought iron with a flap locking mechanism inside the lid. According to József Csaba, the donor, it is the product of the village blacksmith. It is believed to have been the guild box of the Weaver's Guild of Csákány. This is indicated by the fact that he kept the Master's…
18. August, 2020
The Gyika family members are portrayed on this painting. On the left, the one-storey mansion is shown, separated from the park by a picturesque white-red painted fence. The family of Konstantin Emanuel (1780-1825), including his wife, Anastasia (neé Dadányi), and their children, consisted of ten members. They are wearing Biedermeier-style clothing and are painted under…
3. March, 2020
Until the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, it was part of traditional men's wear throughout the country. Home-woven canvas pants cut from three pieces. Equipped with top hem and a “GS” monogram. Slightly tasseled at the bottom of the two legs.
21. April, 2020
The vase with the coat of arms of the Szapáry family can be seen at the Permanent Exhibition of Murska Sobota Prekmurje Museum. In 1783 Medici ordered a huge vase from the porcelain manufacture in Sèvres. It was then copied by other porcelain manufactures – it was representative, and served as ornaments, most often bearing…
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11. February, 2020
József Ozvatics from Berkovci and József Novák from Lončarovci decided to emigrate to America in 1904. Even an advance payment was sent to the English travel agency in Rotterdam. József Ozvatics wanted to get back the advance payment because he decided to emigrate to another country. The travel agency sent him a letter on the…
11. February, 2020
In 1941, when the Hungarians re-occupied the Prekmurje, in many places the Hungarian flag was raised, symbolizing the annexation of the Prekmurje to Hungary. The photo was taken at the ceremony on August 20, 1942, at the solemn consecration of the Hungarian flag. The celebration was on August 20, St. Stephen's Day, which is one…
3. 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.
3. 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.
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11. February, 2020
Following Joseph II's edict of tolerance in 1781, the region’s first Lutheran parish was established in Puconci on August 4, 1783. The first church was much smaller and more modest than the present one, and it was built on December 8, 1784, on a plot donated by Count Miksa Batthyány. It was named after Alexander…
21. February, 2020
It is located in the territory of the former Szomoróc. The bell is placed on a fork (“ágas”) carved from a single oak log above the tent roof. The walls of the rectangular building were made of beams. The skirted roof not only has a support function but also protects the bell tower. This kind…
6. April, 2020
The Vassurány plague is known by the locals as the “Vendel kíptye”. Plague statue: St. Rosalia lies in a symbolic cave below the figures of St. Sebastian and St. Roch. The role of the saints defending against plague has become insignificant as the disease ceased and is not even recognized by today's generations. The veneration…
11. February, 2020
Murska Sobota’s Lutheran parish is one of the young parishes. Originally belonged to the Puconci parish, and it became an independent parish in 1900. The church was built in neo-Gothic style in 1910 by the Budapest-based architect Jenő Gerely, and in 2010 it was named after Martin Luther. The colorful rosette above the altar shows…
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10. February, 2020
Melinci is today synonymous with brick making. From the year 1992 , TD Brod presents this activity at the Brick-making Days, especially the brick-making and brick-firing. There is also an outdoor brick wall for touristic purposes, where visitors can familiarize themselves with the craft. Of the 244 houses, 111 are built of homemade bricks or…
10. February, 2020
Pottery was the most common craft activity, with at least one potter living in almost every village. In the Prekmurje region, two groups of potters can be distinguished based on their decoration and method of baking: the potters of Filovci and Goričko. Those from Filovci were known for their “black baked” pots. The Pütra, was…
10. February, 2020
Whenever the Mura River flooded, it carried away the mills and the boats, and the river flooded the fields and houses while creating a new bed for itself. These were the times when büjranje (dam repair, dam building) was needed along the river – by reinforcing the river bed, and building dams to withhold the…
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,…
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30. April, 2020
19. May, 2020
Ladislav Danč graduated from the Academy of Fine Art Ljubljana in 1959. He returned to Prekmurje in 1967 and became a member of the group DHLM ((L. Danč, Š. Hauko, L. Logar, F. Mesarič), which established new, modern trends there. Danč belongs to the second generation of Academy graduate artists of Prekmurje. His opus contains…
3. March, 2020
The priest-poet was born in Szőce, but spent his childhood in Rábagyarmat. He graduated from high school in Szombathely, and attended the seminary of Veszprém and Pécs. He served in various parishes as chaplain in Transdanubia. In the first half of the 1930s he was a religion teacher in the schools of Pécs, then a…
18. August, 2020
Builder of the Ják Monastery and Church. He was the Bailiff of Zala, was born in Vasvár (1215-1245). Ban of Slavonia (1224). We do not know the dates of his birth and death. When the church was consecrated in the spring of 1256, he was no longer living. Probably it his funeral that is depicted…
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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
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)