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18. August, 2020

St. Ladislaus

Idealised image of Hungarian king, Ladislaus, in luxurious clothing with sceptre in his right hand and a simplified version of the Hungarian crown. Part of a pair with the sculpture of Saint Stephen. Sentimentality is emphasised with his left hand above his heart, his tilted head, and the look in his eyes. At that time,…
15. May, 2020

Figurine

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…

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26. February, 2020

Survey on the financial and personal condition of the Roman Catholic Public School in Szarvaskend

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

Manuscript of the songbook “Sztarisinsztvo ”

Songbook in manuscript of Mihály Zsupanek (1830-1905), who collected songs and texts written in Prekmurje dialect. The booklet contains a longer transcript (pp. 1-69) of the Sztarisinsztvo i zvacsinstvo (best man role and invitation) in folk-language version. A humorous paraphrase of a text from the Bible, spoken at a wedding. The printed edition was published…
31. March, 2020

Municipal data of the 1828 national census. Kapornak (Krplivnik)

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.
3. May, 2020

Drawing the border of the two Pöse (Kispöse; Nagypöse; Két Pöse) villages

On the order of King Sigismund, on April 10, 1400 - on Tuesday after the Laetare Sunday, the Chapter of Vasvár performed a tour of the border of the two estates of Pöse. When the church was rebuilt in 1905, the people of both villages agreed that the new church of Bishop St. Martin on…

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11. February, 2020

St. Ladislaus Church

The Baroque Church of St. Ladislaus was built in 1742, commissioned by General László Ebergényi. The church was named after King Ladislaus I of Hungary, who was born in 1041. From 1077 he was the king of Hungary. The church is 34 meters long, 16 meters wide and 10 meters high. In 1894, the side…
18. August, 2020

Roman Catholic Calvary chapel in Sitke

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…

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20. February, 2020

Landscape monograph of the Őrség from Bajánsenye

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.
20. February, 2020

Legend from Ostffyasszonyfa

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…
20. February, 2020

Kercaszomor saying

“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.
21. February, 2020

St. Gregory Procession

At the beginning of the 20th century, Sándor Koltay, a teacher, urged to keep alive the custom of St. Gregory Procession on March 12. The origin of the custom goes back to the Middle Ages, when begging students roamed from house to house in the village. Starting from the 17th century, the custom also included…

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8. April, 2020

Edit Szikszay , Károlyné Gellért

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…
29. April, 2020

Ostffy Miklós

Miklós Ostffy was present at the Bishop's Election Council on June 27, 1669. He welcomed the new bishop, István Szenczi Fekete, during his church-visiting roundtrip on the August 29, 1669, in Asszonyfa. Ostffy, in 1679, gave shelter in his castle to the persecuted Protestant bishop. In 1680 the castle was completely demolished by the Imperial…
30. April, 2020

Victims of the Farkasfa trial

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,…

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3. March, 2020

Slovenian folk tale from Felsőszölnök

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

Lullaby from Szalafő

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

Folk tale from Kétvölgy

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)