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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.
31. March, 2020
László Korpics was a Slovenian tailor apprentice from Apátistvánfalva. Making and wearing wooden slippers was not the sign of prosperity in the Slovenian countryside.
21. April, 2020
Pieces of cutlery set: 6 large spoons, 1 small ladle, 6 small forks, 6 large forks, 6 small knives, 6 large knives. The 31-piece cutlery set belonged to the family of Count Antal Szapáry (1802-1883) and his wife, Countess Augusta Keglevich de Buzin (1808-1879). It is a high-quality handicraft set, an important element of the…
21. February, 2020
It is made of willow wickers. The basket is rounded at the bottom, its side is slightly broadening, rounded at the opening. The upper part is braided from willow wickers split in half and is therefore white on the inside. It has two upright rounded handles. The bottom is reinforced with wire in the middle.…
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24. February, 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…
11. February, 2020
The reforms of Maria Theresa, introduced in the Prekmurje region as well, were very different from those of other parts of the monarchy. Among them was the introduction of a unified landlord decree that regulated the relations between serfdom and landlords. It was introduced on December 29, 1766. All the settlements were given an urbarium,…
2. 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.
Random selection of built cultural heritage
18. August, 2020
Built in honor of St. Margaret, a late-baroque church from 1795. It was rebuilt in the late 19th century in eclectic style. The interior painting is the work of Rezső Székely. The tower of the church rises from the entrance façade. The church has a Bohemian vault. Its main altar is early baroque, the work…
21. February, 2020
The building has a cross-shaped layout. A copper-clad flat-topped prism-shaped 6x6 meter dome and the windows ensure the lighting. There are bronze plaques on the gate with the names of the 72 books of the Scripture. The church bells are in a separate bell tower. The inside walls depict the stations. Above the entrance is…
18. August, 2020
Kolta settlement’s ruined medieval church was demolished in 1633 and replaced by a new one. The new church is mentioned as early as in 1644. It may have been the same size as the present one, but it was located a few meters away. Following the Reformation, the church was used by the Lutherans. It…
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.…
Random selection of intellectual cultural heritage
20. February, 2020
The description of Örség, e.g.: Its Nature, History, Its inhabitants, their habits and language habits, collected by György Nemes-Népi Zakál: In the Year of 1818th in Senyeháza. The manuscript was first published in 1985 and then in 2002. It contains geographic, historical and ethnographic data about the villages of Őrség.
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,…
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…
20. February, 2020
The park guard of Rátót finds a gourd on the outskirts of the village. He doesn't know what it is. The wise elders of the village think that it is a dragon egg or foal egg. This is a village-mocking, folk genre. A humorous story about the ignorance of the villagers.
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15. May, 2020
After finishing his theology studies in Szombathely in 1897 and his first mass in Tišina, he was chaplain in several parishes and a parish priest in Pečarovci. He retired in 1910 and moved to Črenšovci. Then began his fruitful political work, alongside his work as an editor and writer. He was the opinion leader of…
19. May, 2020
Feri Kühar attended the Technical School (Polytechnic) in Ljubljana. His teacher, France Kralj, academic painter and sculptor, brought the socio-peasant genre to sculpting and the first sculptor from Prekmurje followed his example. Images of peasant women, men and children in wood, terracotta, patinated plaster and, only rarely, in steel are his best works, but he…
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…
18. August, 2020
He attended elementary school in his native village, was a high school student in Szombathely and graduated in mathematics and physics at the ELTE University. He was a professor in general physics at his alma mater since 1962. In his youth he wrote Hungarian poems, love poems for his later wife, and at the age…
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3. March, 2020
A wedding song that was sung when the bride left her home.
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.
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)