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21. April, 2020
The New Baroque set is from the third quarter of the 19th century and is one of the Baroque furniture from the Szapáry Castle. It consists of a sofa, three chairs and an armchair. The typical New Baroque furniture can be seen in the Baroque salon of the Prekmurje Museum.
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.
31. March, 2020
Made by János Sulics in the 19th century. It came from the attic of the Sulics family in 1970 together with a buckwheat grinder. Cylindrical.
21. April, 2020
The wooden box contains various silver and gold colored cardboard ornaments (crosses, letters, angel figures, palm figures, rim ornaments). Stuck inside the cover there is an invoice and a letter from the maker of the ornaments used on the baptism (PAX tvornica pogrebnih predmeta, vestačkog cveča, reklamnih kalendara i kartonaže). According to the letter, the…
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19. February, 2020
The uncontrolled branches of the River Mura have caused constant border disputes between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Styrian Principality. This map is a piece of a larger compilation, its most important data being the state boundary established in 1755. Its value and its problem at the same time is that it is more…
11. February, 2020
The Selo Lutherans initially belonged to Križevci, then to Moravske Toplice. Because of the distance, a church was designed in 1939. On August 20, 1939, the foundation stone was laid, but due to the World War II, the work was faltering. The works only continued after 1950, when the government provided 150,000 dinars to build…
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…
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.
Random selection of built cultural heritage
18. August, 2020
The Győrvár Village House is an imposing organic architecture hallmarked by Imre Makovecz. It was designed by Dezső Ekler at that time a colleague and student of Makovecz (later awarded the Ybl, Prima and Hungarian Art Prize). The building was completed in 1992 by VASBER with considerable social involvement. The building houses the Village House…
21. February, 2020
The St. Michael's Roman Catholic church was built in the 13th century. It was used by the Lutherans in the 17th century, and by the Catholic congregation starting from 1673. The Gothic style was replaced by the Baroque in the 18th century. Its tower is above the entrance. Between 2011 and 2013, the altar, pulpit,…
18. August, 2020
According to the decision of the Sopron National Assembly in 1681, Protestants were allowed to practice their religion, build churches and schools in two places in each county. These were the articular places: In Vas County: Nemescsó, Nemesdömölk. The German and Slovenian villages beyond the frontier zone also belonged to Nemescsó. The village had two…
18. August, 2020
A two-story building with a tower, reminiscent of a chapel. Firefighters’ bell tower, with an obelisk with the mythical eagle, a monument dedicated to World War I heroes.
Random selection of intellectual cultural heritage
21. February, 2020
The most widespread technique for painting Easter eggs was to “write” the raw egg with wax. The surface of the egg was divided into halves or quarters. The names of motifs on “written” eggs: “8 or 24 hearts”, “rope drum”, “leaf” and “rake”. The “rope drum” pattern is known in the Transdanubian region. Some say…
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 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…
20. February, 2020
The Saint Cecilia Choir of the Ják Church was founded in 1994 by the students of the local elementary school. Today they continue to sing every Sunday at the Holy Mass in their church. They performed several times in the Szombathely Cathedral. They are often invited to Austria. They are regular performers of the László…
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8. April, 2020
Horticultural engineer Márton Németh, born in Nemesládony, was a distinguished person in the viticulture research in Pécs. His work brought him international fame. The collection of wine grape varieties created by Németh from 1952 was one of the largest and most valuable in the world. He was a committed supporter of vine breeding by clone…
30. April, 2020
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…
3. March, 2020
Gáspár Nagy was born on May 4, 1949 in Bérbaltavár. 1976-80: editor of Móra Ferenc Publishing House, 1981-1985: secretary of the Hungarian Writers' Union, 1985 - secretary of the Bethlen Gábor Foundation, from 1988 was the editor of the Hitel journal, from 2004 he was the head of the cultural editorial office of the Magyar…
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3. March, 2020
A wedding song that was sung when the bride left her home.
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)
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)