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19. February, 2020
The calling cage (“hiukalicka”) is a rectangular wicker cage. A live fieldfare was kept in this cage and the bird, with its song, lured the other fieldfares of the forest. They stuck to birdlime spread on the sticks pinned to the bushes. The sticks are in a thick sleeve-glued, tar-covered, thick leather case which has…
10. February, 2020
Marika Kardinar-Nagy (Dobrovnik, 1953), nine-pin bowler and the most successful Slovene sportswoman of all time. Over the course of a 30-year sporting career, she won 40 medals at major competitions including 15 medals at world championships (8 golds), 15 medals at club world championships (8 golds), 5 medals at World Cup competitions for national champions…
18. August, 2020
Photo of Turnišče with the Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua. Jože Kološa - Kološ (1920-1998) worked for the weekly newspaper Vestnik. The photo was taken in the center of the village of Turnišče, showing the Saint Anton Chapel of Padua and a handful of people on the street and next to the house on…
5. March, 2020
Oval-shaped black and white photo with retouching on Sidonia's face, hands and Alojz's clothing. The portrait captured the couple in the studio. Alojz wraps one hand around his wife's shoulder and holds an object (cigarette-holder?, cigar?) in the other.
Random selection of archive material
11. March, 2020
In 1942, the Vas County Superintendent of Schools ordered a general survey, according to which the heads of primary schools had to report the number of staff and students, their religious denomination, mother tongue, etc., as well as the legal, technical status of the building, and any measures deemed necessary. The ministry of education planned…
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.
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.
Random selection of built cultural heritage
18. August, 2020
The late Gothic village church dates from 1521. The church's relatively high nave is preserved and polygonally shaped, the closed off presbytery is narrower and lower. The church was arched in the baroque style in 1739. It is built from bricks and stone, the belfry above the presbytery is wooden and covered with shingles. The…
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…
11. February, 2020
The Popava site is located in the northern part of Lipovci along the Prekmurje highway. The remains of settlements from several eras and an early medieval tomb have been uncovered. The place was a late Copper Age colony. Above-ground objects, dwelling pits, strata, and wells have been found that date back to the Lasinja culture…
21. February, 2020
A Roman Catholic church, formerly a Benedictine church. The church and the monastery were founded in 1214 by Márton Jáki Nagy, a rich nobleman. The church was completed in 1256 in Romanesque style with Gothic elements. In the 17th century, after a lightning damage, it was rebuilt by abbey Ferenc Folnay. In 1896-1904 it was…
Random selection of intellectual cultural heritage
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…
20. February, 2020
The first play in the village was performed on September 26, 1920, during the firefighter's flag-celebration ceremony. From the 1930s, two young teachers, Jenő Musits and Ernő Nagy, were the organizers of the artistic lectures, along with the local chaplains. Between 1940 and 1945, the plays were organized by the Levente Association (military pre-training for…
18. August, 2020
The cobbler's shop Kisilak is the last in Pomurje that makes shoes. In the 1930s, Karel had a lorry and 15 workers, who made and sold shoes at fairs all over Prekmurje, Croatia (as far as Legrad) and in Styria. Geza, Sr. took over his father’s workshop in 1962 and managed it up to 2010,…
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…
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15. May, 2020
Ivan Jerič was a priest and committed supporter of the Slovenian national interests. He fought in the 1. World War. He was actively involved with the movement of the annexation of Prekmurje to the Kingdom of SHS and fought alongside General Maister. He studied theology in Maribor. He was ordained a priest in 1924. He…
18. August, 2020
Lajos Markovics was a Croatian parish priest, born in Felsőberkifalu in Vas County, a settlement formerly inhabited by Croatians. He was ordained a priest in Szombathely on June 16, 1935. He became a chaplain in Apátistvánfalva, where he served as parish priest until his death, and is buried there. In 1975 he became a titular…
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
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…
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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.