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30. April, 2020
The stamp of Ják community, dated May 20, 1884, certifies that Mrs. Sándor Németh, born Julianna Németh, has been suffering from childbirth illness since May 1 of the current year and is therefore unable to meet the summons issued by the Royal Court.
10. February, 2020
Polanski Log, a forest area extending between Mala Polana, Brezovica and Nedelica, is the largest black alder site in Europe. The alder needs a lot of water to grow. It survived here because groundwater remained on the surface in the forest throughout the year. Today the alder is under threat as a result of regulation…
31. March, 2020
A wooden, turned salt holder. The letter H is carved in the base, donated by József Hegyi, the “H” is probably referring to him. The holder piece is, for some reason, not circular, but as if it was deformed, asymmetric. It was used in Kerca.
15. May, 2020
At the site, Pod kotom–south, an urnfield site with 179 urn burials was found, one of the larger burial sites from that era in Europe. One of the most beautiful urns was found in the grave, marked 109, which was the burial site of a child, aged about five years. The urn was decorated, using…
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11. February, 2020
Stump-pulling is a carnival tradition very similar to “borovo gostüvanje” log-pulling. In villages where no weddings were held until the carnival, young girls and boys pulled logs or stumps across the village on Carnival Tuesday. Tradition includes wedding ceremonies of “borovo gostüvanje” log-pulling. The carnival habit has a symbolic meaning: it mocked young people who…
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.
6. 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
The use of the seals of the settlements was regulated by the Act XVIII of 1871 on the settlements governance. When the law was enacted, the sub-prefect offices collected all the old typariums and placed them for preservation in the county archives. On these seals the settlements displayed their old, almost forgotten symbols.
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21. February, 2020
Led by György Nemesnépi Zakál, 1803 the people of Őrség built a 7x4 m oratory (wooden, thatched-roof loghouse, prayer house) and a school. In 1817 theydecided to build a brick temple in place of the burned-down prayer house. The church was dedicated on October 28th, 1821. In 1844, a four-room parsonage was built next to…
4. March, 2020
The Deposition statue is located on the top of the three-level statue. On the second level, there are two kneeling angels and two female figures at the column of the statue, the holy women going to the tomb of Jesus. At the very bottom there is Christ in the tomb with three angels floating above…
11. February, 2020
The Lutheran parish of Hodoš was established as the third in the row on November 1, 1783, after the edict of tolerance of 1781. The first church was built in the same year. As time passed, it began to decay, and the construction of a new church began, which was completed in 1823. The third…
18. August, 2020
On the outskirts of the village of Sitke, on the Köves hillside surrounding the village, the chapel was built in 1871. Its builders were the owners of the village castle at that time, Sándor Felsőbüki Nagy and his wife, Teréz Weidgang. The chapel was consecrated on February 4, 1872. The small chapel is built in…
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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…
10. February, 2020
Pottery was the most common craft activity, with at least one potter living in almost every village. In the Prekmurje region, two groups of potters can be distinguished based on their decoration and method of baking: the potters of Filovci and Goričko. Those from Filovci were known for their “black baked” pots. The Pütra, was…
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
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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19. May, 2020
Nikolaj Beer graduated from the Academy of Fine Art Ljubljana in 1973. Most of his artistic opus is dedicated to landscape painting of his home county and the village of Kükeč, and his figural representation is focused on Jedci (village marginals as a parables of transience). In his youth, he painted inscriptions on hearse carriages…
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…
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…
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…
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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
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)
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)