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19. February, 2020

Long flute from Ostffyasszonyfa

A five-hole long flute. The lower end is an octagonal block. The body of the instrument is artistically decorated. First the mould was carved, then this was filled in it with red, green, black, brown, and blue wax. Ornamental elements: men in long cloak, man and woman, sheep, bird, stylized flowers and geometric patterns. It…
21. April, 2020

Parlor table

The parlor table is part of the current furnishings of the Baroque salon of the Murska Sobota Prekmurje Museum. It is made of several types of wood (oak, rosewood and poplar veneer). The table top is decorated with four bouquets of flowers painted on porcelain. The porcelain insert on the wooden panel was hand painted.…

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24. February, 2020

Survey on the financial and personal condition of the Reformed Public school in Pankasz

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…

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21. February, 2020

Tumulus from Vaskeresztes

The tumulus no. 1, being 6.5 meters high and 34 m in diameter, was unearthed in 1978 under the leadership of Mária Fekete. The 6.7 x 7 m chamber inside the mound was oriented north-south. On the southern side, the entrance was marked by two pairs of column posts, and at that time there were…
18. August, 2020

The Church of the Holy Trinity, Odranci

The independent parish was established on October 1, 1944. In the spring of 1946, Janez Valentinčič was entrusted with the design of the church, and the congregation decided to build an octagonal church. The plans for the church were drawn up by Plečnik's pupil Valentinčič in 1946, but the building could only be started in…
21. February, 2020

Sándor Weöres – Amy Károlyi Memorial House

Sándor Weöres, the poet spent his childhood in this house. In the year of his death (1989), a memorial room was created in the building. Since 2006, all rooms have exhibitions. His wife, the poetess Any Károlyi's oeuvre is also presented, as well as the couple’s furniture, books, and manuscripts. In the park next to…
3. March, 2020

The smokehouse in Felsőszölnök in the Vas County Open-air museum

In 1978, János Bárdosi (1933-1983) demolished a house with a chimneyless kitchen on the János Hill in Felsőszölnök. During the demolition, he noted that the residential building originally consisted of three parts: a chimneyless house, a porch and a chamber. The house had five sliding blind windows, one vent hole and a smoke outlet. Therefore,…

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20. February, 2020

Legend from Ostffyasszonyfa

The legend of Ostffy Miklós in the Scythe House is about a local landlord who stuck to his Protestant faith during the Counter-Reformation. Ostffy's castle was destroyed by the Austrian emperor's troops. He escaped but was later captured. According to the legend, he was locked in the scythe house in Vienna, where scythes cut up…
20. February, 2020

The foal egg of Rátót

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.
10. February, 2020

Brick-making

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

Gančani May-pole

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…

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21. July, 2020

Verebi Végh Gyula

In 1906 he moved with his family to Bozsok, into the Sibrik Castle. In 1912 he participated in organizing the Vas County Art History Exhibition in Szombathely, in the Savaria Museum. From 1917 to 1934 he was director general of the Museum of Applied Arts and lived in Budapest. In 1934 he retired to Bozsok…
21. July, 2020

Kálmán Széll

He studied in Sopron, Szombathely and Budapest. He obtained his doctorate in law in 1866. District administrator, Member of Parliament, he was the 6th Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Hungary (1875-1878) and then the 12th Prime Minister (1899-1903). From 1878 he developed his farm in Rátót into a model farm. His Simmenthal cattle…
15. May, 2020

Ferdo Godina

Ferdo Godina published his first stories in Novine. He was a law student, he collaborated with liberal societies, he was the editor of Mladi Prekmurec, he wrote for different newspapers and he published his prose. In 1941, he joined the Partisans and, from 1944, he was involved in organising the resistance in Prekmurje. After the…
19. May, 2020

Franc-Feri Kühar

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…

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3. March, 2020

Slovenian folk tale from Felsőszölnök

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

Folk tale from Kétvölgy

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

Lullaby from Szalafő

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.