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15. May, 2020
Hand thrown clay figurine from well-refined reddish, light-brown terracotta, that is chipped on top. The back of the figurine is also broken off, as in split in half along its entire length. The figurine has been decorated using the incision technique. The front and the side are adorned with several deeper, slanted incisions, two of…
21. February, 2020
It is made of willow wickers. The basket is rounded at the bottom, its side is slightly broadening, rounded at the opening. The upper part is braided from willow wickers split in half and is therefore white on the inside. It has two upright rounded handles. The bottom is reinforced with wire in the middle.…
19. February, 2020
A bulging jug with one handle and narrow lip, unglazed both outside and inside. Scratched ornament: four wavy lines between seven circling lines. Inscription with year. The jugs were made in large quantities by the jug-makers. Only the individual pieces had a year or an inscription. According to its size and the approximately 10 l…
19. February, 2020
Wooden iron bucket with a long carrying handle on one side. It was used to water cows. Among the Slovenians of Vas County it is known as “pitle”. It is a German loan word.
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5. May, 2020
Popis leta 1828 ustreza današnjemu obračunu davka. Enota je glava družine davkoplačevalcev. Seznam vsebuje število kmečkih kmetij, velikost obdelovalne površine, sorte pridelkov, različne načine in stroške pridelave v vsaki regiji.
21. 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…
2. March, 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
On June 28, 1936, on St. Vitus's Day, a new stadium was opened in Murska Sobota. The architect was Franc Novak and the stadium was named after Alexander I Karađorđević of Yugoslavia. Lieutenant Colonel Milorad Stepanović, representing the then Yugoslavian king, Peter II, attended the opening ceremony. From left to right in the photo: Mayor…
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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…
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
The architect Jože Plečnik responded to the invitation of Franc Bajlec to prepare plans for the new church requested by the villagers of Bogojina and their parish priest, Ivan Baša. In his new architectural plan, he included the preserved gothic part of the church and added monumental volume with a stone column and flat wooden…
21. February, 2020
The building has a cross-shaped layout. A copper-clad flat-topped prism-shaped 6x6 meter dome and the windows ensure the lighting. There are bronze plaques on the gate with the names of the 72 books of the Scripture. The church bells are in a separate bell tower. The inside walls depict the stations. Above the entrance is…
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10. February, 2020
At New Year's Eve, people affixed small pine trees (krispan) to the wells, decorated with colorful ribbons to provide good and fresh water throughout the year. This was the custom in the villages of Goričko too. As the housewife in Felsőszölnök/Gornji Senik put the decorated pine tree on the well of the house, she said:…
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…
20. February, 2020
Lajos Merics has been making painted Easter eggs for almost 40 years. Both her daughter and her son-in-law learned the craft. Since 1995, they participate in competitions. Katalin Horváthné Merics was given the title of egg painter folk artist. Blown eggs are decorated with scratched, engraved techniques. They also make pierced eggs. Mrs. Mersics Lajos…
20. February, 2020
The description of Örség, e.g.: Its Nature, History, Its inhabitants, their habits and language habits, collected by György Nemes-Népi Zakál: In the Year of 1818th in Senyeháza. The manuscript was first published in 1985 and then in 2002. It contains geographic, historical and ethnographic data about the villages of Őrség.
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15. May, 2020
After finishing his theology studies in Szombathely in 1897 and his first mass in Tišina, he was chaplain in several parishes and a parish priest in Pečarovci. He retired in 1910 and moved to Črenšovci. Then began his fruitful political work, alongside his work as an editor and writer. He was the opinion leader of…
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
He studied in Kőszeg and Szombathely, in 1811 he was ordained a priest. Between 1816 and 1829 he was a parish priest in Alsószölnök, and from 1829 until his death in Felsőszölnök. He is buried there. The monograph and etiquette written by him also contains a lot of ethnographic data on Slovenes living between the…
15. May, 2020
The Benko family owned the pub and butcher shop in Tešanovci. In 1913, they relocated the shop to Murska Sobota and Jožef turned it into a meat plant, which developed into one of the most modern industrial plants in the country. Benko established a bank, published a newspaper, named Murska krajina, was at the head…
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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
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.