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20. April, 2020
The photo was taken in Kobilje and shows a mill near the stream. In the foreground there is Franjo Štingl, and the inhabitants of the village are on the other side, beside the mill.
29. April, 2020
Made of cherry wood, by carpentry technique. It has an upper chest-like part with a drawer at the bottom. Its front side is shaped as if it was a commode with three drawers. Each drawer has two wood buttons in a metal frame. In the middle there is a metal key-plate. Inside the crate there…
21. April, 2020
Pieces of cutlery set: 6 large spoons, 1 small ladle, 6 small forks, 6 large forks, 6 small knives, 6 large knives. The 31-piece cutlery set belonged to the family of Count Antal Szapáry (1802-1883) and his wife, Countess Augusta Keglevich de Buzin (1808-1879). It is a high-quality handicraft set, an important element of the…
30. April, 2020
Pioneer Camp of Apatistvánfalva The camp was built in the 1960s, and it was operational in 1964. Partially done in social work, with the contribution of employees at the factories, schools and public institutions in Szentgotthárd. It was used to provide camping
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18. 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.
18. 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.
24. February, 2020
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…
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.
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18. August, 2020
Countess Cziráky József and Borbála Barkóczy erected this Calvary on an artificial hill. When Count Cziráky married her she was not a noblewoman, and she made a promise of building the Calvary hoping for ennoblement in return. After being accepted in the Order of the Starry Cross, she built the Calvary in 1731. Sandstone was…
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…
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…
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…
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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
“Devils will take you like Turks took away Balázs Pap!” Historical sources also support oral tradition, for, in the 17th century, the Turks indeed carried off a person named Balázs Pap from Szomoróc.
20. February, 2020
It was customary for the Pentecostal queen or princess to have a procession. The custom was still alive in the early 1960s. The girls asked for admission into the houses, where they sang the greeting song entitled “God brought us the red Pentecost Day”. Four girls, held a flower-patterned scarf above the smallest, fifth girl…
21. February, 2020
The scores of the 5-verse soldier song, beginning with the line “What’s in your apron, mother” was recorded by Zoltán Kodály in Csönge in 1935. Sung by shepherd József Bocskor (b. 1853). The boy's lover asks the doctor to declare her sweetheart unfit for military service. But the doctor finds him healthy. The boy says…
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30. April, 2020
Politician, from 1904 member of the House of Lords. In 1919 he was one of the leaders of the Anti-bolshevist Comité in Vienna. He was appointed Commissioner-General of Transdanubia, owing in particular to the fact that after the Trianon Treaty a referendum was held in Sopron and in the neighboring villages to decide their affiliation.…
18. August, 2020
He attended high school and seminar in Szombathely. He was ordained a priest on July 2, 1899. From 1909 to 1913 as well as between 1928 and 1930 he was a parish priest in Alsószölnök. He is buried there. He has written articles and edited books in Slovenian dialects of Prekmurje. In 1910, he founded…
30. April, 2020
The Farkasfa trial was the bloodiest event in the communist justice system in Hungary. 70 people were prosecuted in 1953 on charges of espionage and conspiracy in Yugoslavia. 10 people have been sentenced to death or have died in connection with trial: Mrs. József Bekes, József Bekes, Péter Wrangel, Ferenc Sipos, Ernő Szabó, János Sipos,…
18. August, 2020
His poems capture the natural beauties of the Őrség, the fate of poor peasants, and the lyrical descriptions of peasant works (eg. Clothes Washers, Reapers, After harvest). His writings were published in rural daily newspapers and thin booklets. His omnibus edition was published in 1984 and 2018. Illustration: work of art from painter Zoltán Pongrácz,…
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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)
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.