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10. February, 2020
Prekmurje was for a long time the region of Slovenia known for its numerous storks’ nests. Unfortunately these are threatened by intensive farming, the disappearance of grasslands and increasingly dry years. Today storks are found more frequently in other parts of Slovenia. In Prekmurje the masculine form of the name – štrk – is used…
23. April, 2020
The carved sculpture was a furniture ornament. The owner of the furniture is unknown, presumably a member of a wealthy social class. A relief is a sculptural work of art that slightly protrudes from the base plan. The work is a genre piece, which is characterized by depicting the events and scenes of everyday life;…
21. April, 2020
Shawls were part of Hetés women's regular garments. The shawl is richly embroidered with a factory lace overlay. The lower corner of the shawl is decorated with white cotton thread embroidery, stitching and flat embroidery. Our museum has the richest collection of so-called Hetés folk attire.
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…
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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.
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.
11. February, 2020
Mihály Zsupanek and his son János Zsupanek (1861-1951) were important collectors of the Prekmurje Region. János, a cantor and organist, continued his father's work and recorded many folk songs and adaptations. Three song collections in manuscript remain. The first booklet dates from 1884. It contains 32 wake songs and 7 other church songs. This manuscript…
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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11. February, 2020
The Filovci potters’ village, an open-air museum, was officially established in 2005. Its history goes back much further, to the potters who made their pots here in the Pannonian region, who are not known by name, and those who have been recorded in the archives since the 18th century and to those who still live…
18. August, 2020
The complex consisting of eight cellars of the Cák Winery has been open for the public since 1976. The cellars are located in the chestnut forest behind the village and according to the settlement structure of that time. They were primarily used for wine processing and wine storage. After the plague of phylloxera, the cellars…
3. March, 2020
The memorial was erected in 1925. Prince Árpád is portrayed on its top. On the pedestal there is the figure of a World War I soldier with a young boy and a fallen comrade. The base of the statue lists the names of those fallen during the First and Second World War from Apátistvánfalva, Újbalázsfalva,…
21. February, 2020
A Roman Catholic church, formerly a Benedictine church. The church and the monastery were founded in 1214 by Márton Jáki Nagy, a rich nobleman. The church was completed in 1256 in Romanesque style with Gothic elements. In the 17th century, after a lightning damage, it was rebuilt by abbey Ferenc Folnay. In 1896-1904 it was…
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10. February, 2020
Whenever the Mura River flooded, it carried away the mills and the boats, and the river flooded the fields and houses while creating a new bed for itself. These were the times when büjranje (dam repair, dam building) was needed along the river – by reinforcing the river bed, and building dams to withhold the…
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,…
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…
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.
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3. March, 2020
The priest-poet was born in Szőce, but spent his childhood in Rábagyarmat. He graduated from high school in Szombathely, and attended the seminary of Veszprém and Pécs. He served in various parishes as chaplain in Transdanubia. In the first half of the 1930s he was a religion teacher in the schools of Pécs, then a…
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,…
15. May, 2020
Ivan Jerič was a priest and committed supporter of the Slovenian national interests. He fought in the 1. World War. He was actively involved with the movement of the annexation of Prekmurje to the Kingdom of SHS and fought alongside General Maister. He studied theology in Maribor. He was ordained a priest in 1924. He…
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…
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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
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
A wedding song that was sung when the bride left her home.
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.