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18. August, 2020
The Nedelica Society for Cultural Traditions and Objects (Društvo za ohranjanje kulturnozgodovinskih izročil in predmetov ) was founded in 2008. Collector Boris Kučko started collecting wine-related items as early as 1994. Today, the ethnographic, art history and historical collection contains more than 10,000 pieces. The collection goals are clear: to preserve the heritage of the…
31. March, 2020
Made by János Sulics in the 19th century. It came from the attic of the Sulics family in 1970 together with a buckwheat grinder. Cylindrical.
31. March, 2020
Simple, unglazed, small pottery mug without patterns. Patternless or barely patterned jugs were characteristic of the Őrség. The jug was purchased from Mrs. Lajos Orvá by Edit Szikszay at the “Galambos” street in Őriszentpéter.
30. April, 2020
The album was dedicated to the memory of by Mrs. Kálmán Horváth, Countess Geraldine Niczky, to commemorate the inauguration of the flag by the 11th Royal Border Army Battallion’s officers and staff. Since 1938, border guarding duties were usually carried out by Border Army units. The album was made by Erzsébet Derezsán, a craftswoman from…
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11. February, 2020
Although the locals had been using the water from the Petanjci spring, its value was first recognized by Professor Jožef Vogler, a biologist, teacher and politician from Szentlászló. Vogler's analysis revealed that the water is of very good quality, with high mineral and carbon dioxide content. Investing his own assets he established a company and…
20. 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…
11. February, 2020
In November 1918, Rudolf Maister's army confiscated several aircraft. Emil Grizold (in the picture) became the commander of the first airborne squadron in Maribor on November 25. The planes flew over Carinthia and Styria. On March 5, 1919, pilots Grizold and Ludvik Jureš carried with them propaganda leaflets printed in Maribor, propagating the annexation of…
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
3. March, 2020
The castle was rebuilt in 1890 by Kálmán Széll, the 12th Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary, based on the plans by Alajos Hauszmann, from a one-story manor house to an 18-room building. After World War II, the castle’s furnishings and library were stolen. The building housed a machine station, then a cultural center…
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
Built on the remains of a Roman building in the 16th-17thcentury, the castle is a late Renaissance-Baroque manor house from 1614. Its present form was established in 1815. The arched gateway has a special architectural value. The ground floor rooms have with barrel vaulted ceilings. Its hallway exhibits the life of the last owner, Dr.…
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…
Random selection of intellectual cultural heritage
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.
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,…
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,…
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…
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18. August, 2020
He attended elementary school in his native village, was a high school student in Szombathely and graduated in mathematics and physics at the ELTE University. He was a professor in general physics at his alma mater since 1962. In his youth he wrote Hungarian poems, love poems for his later wife, and at the age…
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…
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…
10. February, 2020
Miško Kranjec (September 15, 1908, Velika Polana - June 8, 1983, Ljubljana), born as Mihael Kranjec, later he adopted the name Miško. After finishing high school, he studied Slavistics, dropped out (1934), working as a journalist and he wrote. After the war, he fulfilled many important cultural functions. His works belong to socialist realism. One…
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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
A wedding song that was sung when the bride left her home.
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)