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31. March, 2020
Single-row iron toothed flax comb with iron ring. It was collected by Kálmán Komjáthy from Mrs. Géza Fölnagy. Carved inscription: 1898. Some of the teeth are missing. The object was used in flax processing.
4. March, 2020
Razor case with colored way inserts forming floral motifs, with rotating lid. The body is a hollowed-out piece of wood, the pivoting lid is installed with a lead pin. The cover and the sides of the case are decorated with colored wax inserts. It is a little decayed, worm-eaten.
15. May, 2020
The bronze casted collar was discovered by chance in 1959 as a single find while digging holes for fruit trees in Pertoča. It is dated to the end of the Bronze Age, at the time of late Urnfield culture, named after the predominant burial mode – cremation burials. The collar is shaped like a crescent…
30. April, 2020
Until the introduction of state registry on October 1, 1895, the church registers were considered official documents. The Monyorókerék estate was donated to the son of Konrád Ellerbach by King Louis the Great in 1369, and he built the sanctuary and sacristy around 1380. A century later, Berthold Ellerbach rebuilt and expanded the 15th-century church,…
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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
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…
5. May, 2020
The third major victorious battle of the Rákóczi War of Independence took place on 6-7 November 1706 near the border of Győrvár. The Kuruc troops led by Ádám Béri Balogh and Imre Bezerédy defeated the army of Lieutenant General Heister Hannibal which attacked from the direction of Croatia. In 1932, the Battle Memorial was inaugurated…
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18. August, 2020
The Beltinci Castle stands in the middle of the extensive park. The village was mentioned as early as in 1322, as “Belethfalua”. Beltinci belonged to the Jura family as early as in the 13th century, but not for long, since after 1265, it became the property of the Haholdi landlords from Lendava, who ruled here…
21. February, 2020
The church was built in honor of the 2000-year Christian anniversary and the 1000-year-old Hungarian Christianity, and was designed by architect László Mangliár. Patron saint: St. Anna, St. Stephen. It is a single-nave church, with a gallery, a sanctuary, a sacristy, a confession room, and sanitary unit. The engraved windows depict 20th century “saints”: József…
18. August, 2020
Kolta settlement’s ruined medieval church was demolished in 1633 and replaced by a new one. The new church is mentioned as early as in 1644. It may have been the same size as the present one, but it was located a few meters away. Following the Reformation, the church was used by the Lutherans. It…
4. May, 2020
The church was built by Lazar Niczky in 1776. The top has wood shingle, the floor is made of stone. It was dedicated in honor of St. Nicholas. The two side altars were erected in honor of St. Anne and St. Rosalie. One of its crypts belongs to the Niczky family, the other to the…
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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…
3. March, 2020
The log-pulling at the end of the carnival is a fun mock marriage game where the log is dragged – by the “bride” and the “groom” as well as girls and boys dressed as best men and bridesmaids and dressed in costumes – to the center of the village. Slovenian customs in the Rába region…
10. February, 2020
Melinci is today synonymous with brick making. From the year 1992 , TD Brod presents this activity at the Brick-making Days, especially the brick-making and brick-firing. There is also an outdoor brick wall for touristic purposes, where visitors can familiarize themselves with the craft. Of the 244 houses, 111 are built of homemade bricks or…
20. February, 2020
The legend of Ostffy Miklós in the Scythe House is about a local landlord who stuck to his Protestant faith during the Counter-Reformation. Ostffy's castle was destroyed by the Austrian emperor's troops. He escaped but was later captured. According to the legend, he was locked in the scythe house in Vienna, where scythes cut up…
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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…
19. May, 2020
Nikolaj Beer graduated from the Academy of Fine Art Ljubljana in 1973. Most of his artistic opus is dedicated to landscape painting of his home county and the village of Kükeč, and his figural representation is focused on Jedci (village marginals as a parables of transience). In his youth, he painted inscriptions on hearse carriages…
30. April, 2020
He was born in Ivánc, where his father was a teacher and clerk. He attended high school in Szombathely and Sopron, then studied at the Royal Academy of Philosophy in Bratislava. In 1790 he was ordained a priest. From 1791 to 1792 he served as a chaplain in Ivánc, at which time he met József…
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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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)
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.