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21. February, 2020
It is made of clay, is glazed both inside and outside in brownish-green glaze, with ribbed pattern. It stands on four legs. Handle on one side and small ear on the other. It was used for baking made cakes with poppy seeds, walnuts and pumpkin seeds.
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
Stamp of the village of Lócs. Its handle is wooden, turned, painted black. The oval-shaped brass plate and the rubber printing surface glued to it were fixed to the handle. The stamp bears the following three lines: SOPRON COUNTY / LÓCS COMMUNITY / CSEPREG DISTRICT.
21. February, 2020
Green glazed rectangular four-legged tile ink holder. It has a groove-shaped front and 2 holes at the top. Between the two holes there is an ornament depicting a lying lion. A cylindrical flanged ink container was inserted into one of the holes. The other hole was the place of a blotting sand holder. The blotting…
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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.
11. February, 2020
Rail connections were poor in the Prekmurje Region. In 1909, a main route connected Murska Sobota, Zalalövő and Goričko, while there was no connection between the lowland villages and Lendava. Following the annexation of the Prekmurje to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, in 1924, Ljutomer and Murska Sobota were connected by a railway…
18. February, 2020
The lawsuit between Miklós Széchy and Bertold Ellerbach clearly identifies the subject matter of the lawsuit: the villages belonging to the Dobra Castle.
6. 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.
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24. March, 2020
The building was built by Mihály Schilson, and was owned by Counts Zichy, Festetics and Károlyi, among others. It was built in 1723. The U-shaped, freestanding, single-story Baroque-style building has an entrance with a mansard roof featuring two composite-sectioned columnar portals that on the first floor hold an iron-lined balustrade. On the ground floor there…
18. August, 2020
The brick church is oriented to east, of medieval origin, dating back to around 1200. It was rebuilt between 1751 and 1772-1780 in Baroque style. It was repeatedly reconstructed in 1832 and then in 1854/55.
21. February, 2020
The tumulus no. 1, being 6.5 meters high and 34 m in diameter, was unearthed in 1978 under the leadership of Mária Fekete. The 6.7 x 7 m chamber inside the mound was oriented north-south. On the southern side, the entrance was marked by two pairs of column posts, and at that time there were…
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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20. February, 2020
Lajos Kuntár’s monograph about his native village has three parts. The “first book” contains the author's journalistic writings with biographical aspects. The “second book” is nearly 150 pages long. Referring to archival sources, he describes the history of the settlement from the Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century, describing social and economic…
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.
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…
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…
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18. August, 2020
The Széll family comes from Bucsu. József Széll obtained his law degree in Győr (1820). He was sub-prefect Vasvár County (1842-1848), later the deputy Lord Lieutenant (1867-1871). He was a Member of Parliament in 1848, then between 1865 and 1868. József Széll’s son was Prime Minister Kálmán Széll (1843-1915), and his grandson was József Széll,…
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…
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…
20. May, 2020
The illustrator, animator, sculptor and film director Miki (Nikolaj) Muster (Murska Sobota, 1925 – Ljubljana, 2018) is best known in Slovenia for his comic strip characters Zvitorepec, Trdonja and Lakotnik, whose adventures he published in the Slovenski poročevalec newspaper between 1952 and 1973. He was the author of several picture books for children, advertisements, a…
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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
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.
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)