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19. February, 2020
A bonnet, black in color with cherry patterns, made of cashmere. Floral pattern in the center, with serrated front. This bonnet was used to keep the hair bun in place. The bonnet was a piece of clothing indicating a married woman, covering her head. The more ornate ones could only be worn by young women.…
20. April, 2020
Photo of Črenšovci, one of the largest villages of Ravenska. Jože Kološa - Kološ (1920-1998), a photographer who worked for the Vestnik weekly paper. The photograph was taken in 1955 on the square in the village center of Črenšovci. This is probably a promotional picture. This is assumed because of the young woman in the…
10. February, 2020
A wooden base with handle, with two rows of wrought iron nails at the end, with which the flax seed was pulled off the top of the plant. In Hungary it was used only in the westernmost part of Transdanubia. It is widespread among Slovenians.
4. March, 2020
Small wall-hanged cabinet made thin walnut plates. It has an upper storage compartment that opens at the top and a pull-out drawer at the bottom. The wood material is reddish on the outside, lightly oiled.
Random selection of archive material
11. March, 2020
Survey on the financial and personal condition of the Roman Catholic public school in Apátistvánfava
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…
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.
18. February, 2020
The section of the Rába River below Ivánc and Csákány is geographically the place where the river moves from the southern edge of the wide valley to its northern edge. The two streams running parallel to it: Down to Csákány, the Vörös Creek is on the left bank, while on the south side, down to…
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 brick church is oriented to east, of medieval origin, dating back to around 1200. It was rebuilt between 1751 and 1772-1780 in Baroque style. It was repeatedly reconstructed in 1832 and then in 1854/55.
18. August, 2020
It is one of the Hungarian masterpieces of Romanesque rural architecture. Both architectural mass and detailing of the one-nave church are evoking the elements of the Ják church on a smaller scale. On the northern wall of the ship there is István Dorfmeister's Trinity picture in a rococo frame. A wooden statue of St. Michael…
21. February, 2020
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…
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
10. February, 2020
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…
10. February, 2020
At New Year's Eve, people affixed small pine trees (krispan) to the wells, decorated with colorful ribbons to provide good and fresh water throughout the year. This was the custom in the villages of Goričko too. As the housewife in Felsőszölnök/Gornji Senik put the decorated pine tree on the well of the house, she said:…
20. February, 2020
Lajos Kuntár’s monograph about his native village has three parts. The “first book” contains the author's journalistic writings with biographical aspects. The “second book” is nearly 150 pages long. Referring to archival sources, he describes the history of the settlement from the Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century, describing social and economic…
20. February, 2020
According to folk tradition, robbers had a castle at the Muszla Spring. The water surrounded a regular hill. They legend has it, that gold treasures were found, a seven-branched candlestick.
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8. April, 2020
He wrote his book “A véres Don”, owing to which he was forced to live as a second-rate citizen until the change of regime. He wrote thousands of articles, published 8 books, was a member of the editorial board of the Vasi Szemle scientific journal, and editor of the Vasi Helytörténeti és Honismereti Közlemények. He…
3. March, 2020
He was born in Orfalu, and learned the pottery craft in Magyarszombatfa. He was apprentice in Zalaegerszeg, Sümeg and Szentgotthárd. He lived and worked in Kétvölgy (Permise) since 1940. From the 1970s he was the only Slovenian potter in Hungary. His works have been exhibited several times in Hungary and Slovenia. In 1984 he was…
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…
8. April, 2020
She came from a Reformed family of pastors. She graduated from the Kőszeg Lutheran Grammar School, obtaining her degree as primary school teacher in Pápa, and her degree as secondary school teacher in Pécs. Between 1949 and 1955 she was a political prisoner in Siberia. In 1961, she created a school collection and with the…
Random selection of audiovisual material
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)
3. March, 2020
A wedding song that was sung when the bride left her home.