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21. April, 2020
Shawls were part of Hetés women's regular garments. The shawl is richly embroidered with a factory lace overlay. The lower corner of the shawl is decorated with white cotton thread embroidery, stitching and flat embroidery. Our museum has the richest collection of so-called Hetés folk attire.
19. February, 2020
Iron sword in its sheath. Wood remains were also found around the hilt. The sheath protector is missing. With semicircular hanging ring. It was found in Object 793, a tomb of a 30-40 year old man buried in an East-West orientation, in extended position. The object was discovered in 2004 at a digging led by…
18. August, 2020
Spices in the vessel were used and scented for various rituals. Such vessels were made in different shapes and materials, usually richly decorated. From a wider base a thinner leg is formed, passing over in typical onion-shaped closed middle part; this consists of lower and upper part, the last narrowing to the top and closing…
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.
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11. February, 2020
In May 1920, Gašper Lipovšek was appointed civil commissioner of the Prekmurje. In June 1921, after the creation of the Murska Sobota District Governor's Office, he became the first District Governor and later the District Commander. In his bequest, a booklet with local idioms, words and geographical names was found. For some words, even a…
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.
18. February, 2020
Until 1848, noble public estates, 'compossessoratus' in Latin, or gentry villages, functioned as a form of feudal joint ownership. Public estates are usually formed by a common written agreement. The judge was the head of the landowners' council. The council could pass judgment on minor misdemeanors, which could be appealed to the county at second…
20. 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.
Random selection of built cultural heritage
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
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.…
30. April, 2020
In the spring of 1915, the builders of one of the largest prison camps of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, the Ostffyasszonyfa camp, were housed in a temporary camp near Kissitke. There were about a thousand Russian and Serbian prisoners of war on June 17, 1915 – in order to prevent the epidemic outbreaks and to provide…
18. August, 2020
On the outskirts of the village of Sitke, on the Köves hillside surrounding the village, the chapel was built in 1871. Its builders were the owners of the village castle at that time, Sándor Felsőbüki Nagy and his wife, Teréz Weidgang. The chapel was consecrated on February 4, 1872. The small chapel is built in…
Random selection of intellectual cultural heritage
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
“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.
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 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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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…
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
Ferdo Godina published his first stories in Novine. He was a law student, he collaborated with liberal societies, he was the editor of Mladi Prekmurec, he wrote for different newspapers and he published his prose. In 1941, he joined the Partisans and, from 1944, he was involved in organising the resistance in Prekmurje. After the…
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…
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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)
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.