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3. March, 2020
A homemade butter kneading table for eliminating the buttermilk from the churned butter. There are three curved slats that follow the curvature of the trough. The trough is a hollowed out piece of wood, the rolling-pin is heavily ribbed with handles at both ends. Part of the board is painted - apparently for secondary use.
10. February, 2020
The House of Bánffy in Dolnja Lendava (present-day Lendava) were the first noble family in Prekmurje to adopt Protestantism. From 1573 until 1574 Count Miklós VI hosted the printing press of Rudolf Hoffhalter in his castle at Lendava. The first books in Prekmurje and the territory of present-day Slovenia were printed on this press. These…
19. February, 2020
Cylindrical clay object, rounded at both ends. On the front, where the decorations are located, it is flattened. It has 4 embossed circular patterns with radial shapes. There is a deeper hole in the middle. There are deeply cut parallel, linear decorations on the sides of 3 of the 4 circles. Its function is controversial…
21. February, 2020
In the early 19th century, Alojz Eberl, an imperial tax officer, and a late romantic painter, moved with his family to Murska Sobota. He painted watercolors in his older age. Eberl's legacy forms the core of the 19th-century art history collection linked to the past of Murska Sobota and its surroundings. It comes from the…
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1. April, 2020
In the area returned in 1941 to Hungary, the Hungarian administration considered it important to support the institutions. The Battyándi kindergarten was transformed into a day-care center. The offer of István Szraka, a carpenter, master builder of Muraszombat, was accepted for masonry works while István Zselezen’s offer was accepted for furnitures. Based on the plans…
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.
19. February, 2020
Péter Széchi, the last male member of the famous Széchi family in Lendava and Rimaszécs, died in October 1684 in Vienna. In order to paying off his debts, and in return for the loyalty of his servants, his last orders practically distributed a substantial portion of his wealth. Antal Ferenc Tulok became one of the…
13. February, 2020
The territorial base unit of medieval agriculture was the rotation (‘nyomás’). The plots were scattered around the settlement in several different patches. Consolidation is the process in which farmers' scattered plots of small pieces are merged and each owner receives his land as one contiguous area. The consolidation began after the enactment of the laws…
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21. February, 2020
Built in the 13th century, the church is the oldest building in the village. It served as a fortress in the Middle Ages, surrounded by a still existing moat built in the 16th century. For a time it belonged to the Calvinists, and from 1730 it became a Catholic church again. Its interior walls are…
11. February, 2020
The site is located on a flat area on a barely noticeable terrace, south of the Pince village, at the foot of Lendava Mountain. On the eastern side it extends to the Hungarian state border, in the west it is bordered by the Kis Creek. The site was discovered in 2004 and 2005 during the…
18. August, 2020
The rotunda (round church) is one of the oldest architectural monuments of the Prekmurje from the middle of the 13th century, named after St. Nicholas. The settlement of Selo (Lak) was first mentioned in written sources in 1340 and 1365 as "seu valle Lak Sancti Nicolai (a Szent Miklós-völgyben)". Today, the rotunda is covered by…
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…
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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…
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,…
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,…
20. February, 2020
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…
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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…
21. July, 2020
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…
29. April, 2020
Miklós Ostffy was present at the Bishop's Election Council on June 27, 1669. He welcomed the new bishop, István Szenczi Fekete, during his church-visiting roundtrip on the August 29, 1669, in Asszonyfa. Ostffy, in 1679, gave shelter in his castle to the persecuted Protestant bishop. In 1680 the castle was completely demolished by the Imperial…
30. April, 2020
He was born in Ivánc, where his father was a teacher and clerk. He attended high school in Szombathely and Sopron, then studied at the Royal Academy of Philosophy in Bratislava. In 1790 he was ordained a priest. From 1791 to 1792 he served as a chaplain in Ivánc, at which time he met József…
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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.
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)