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10. February, 2020
The picture shows the village of Križevci in the Prekmurje Region. The picture shows a person, a car, a village chapel, houses and courtyards.
31. March, 2020
The chest is made of wrought iron with a flap locking mechanism inside the lid. According to József Csaba, the donor, it is the product of the village blacksmith. It is believed to have been the guild box of the Weaver's Guild of Csákány. This is indicated by the fact that he kept the Master's…
10. February, 2020
A rectangular plank with longitudinal ribs on its bottom. A wooden handle on its top. This was used to straighten – by tapping – the rye straw on the roof of thatched houses.
10. February, 2020
He was born in 1754, one year after his brother, Pál. He died in Buda in 1815. During his life, he held many distinguished positions, and in 1778 he was appointed Consul of Rijeka by Empress Maria Theresa. In the portrait he is shown in a green hussar uniform with a red belt. He holds…
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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.
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.
11. February, 2020
Military souvenirs, the kind that made possible to affix their military photos, were popular among the soldiers. During World War I, their popularity continued to grow; they were made of different materials and shapes, with captions, pictures. They were available in bookstores and shops. What they had in common was that the soldiers could stick…
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2. March, 2020
In 1866 began the construction of the present synagogue, which is the only synagogue in Slovenia besides the Maribor synagogue. There is a permanent memorial exhibition on the Jewish population in Lendava and Prekmurje, as well as a permanent exhibition by Dan Reisinger, an Israeli graphic artist and painter, entitled Scrolls of Fire.
21. February, 2020
One of the largest prison camps of the First World War in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was located here (1915-1918). The “barrack town” of 40-50,000 Serbian, Italian, Russian and Romanian prisoners of war has since disappeared without a trace, and is replaced by a forest. The memory of the camp's prisoners is preserved in the former…
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
Gornje njive is an archaeological site on the marshy side of the floodplain of the Kebele stream, on a flat but slightly elevated field, on the eastern slope of Lendava Mountain, 1 km from Dolga Vas. The site was explored between 1997 and 1998 (Gornje njive 1) and in 2004 during the construction of the…
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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…
21. February, 2020
The most widespread technique for painting Easter eggs was to “write” the raw egg with wax. The surface of the egg was divided into halves or quarters. The names of motifs on “written” eggs: “8 or 24 hearts”, “rope drum”, “leaf” and “rake”. The “rope drum” pattern is known in the Transdanubian region. Some say…
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…
20. February, 2020
The park guard of Rátót finds a gourd on the outskirts of the village. He doesn't know what it is. The wise elders of the village think that it is a dragon egg or foal egg. This is a village-mocking, folk genre. A humorous story about the ignorance of the villagers.
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8. April, 2020
She came from a Reformed family of pastors. She graduated from the Kőszeg Lutheran Grammar School, obtaining her degree as primary school teacher in Pápa, and her degree as secondary school teacher in Pécs. Between 1949 and 1955 she was a political prisoner in Siberia. In 1961, she created a school collection and with the…
19. May, 2020
Feri Kühar attended the Technical School (Polytechnic) in Ljubljana. His teacher, France Kralj, academic painter and sculptor, brought the socio-peasant genre to sculpting and the first sculptor from Prekmurje followed his example. Images of peasant women, men and children in wood, terracotta, patinated plaster and, only rarely, in steel are his best works, but he…
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…
30. April, 2020
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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)
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.