11. February, 2020

Ivankovci archaeological site

The Ivankovci site is located next to the Prekmurje highway, west of the village of Trimlini, opposite the biogas plant. Settlement remains from several eras have been uncovered at the site. In the late Copper Age there was a small colony with several dwelling pits. The finds are related to the archaeological Lasinja culture (about…
11. February, 2020

Popava archaeological site

The Popava site is located in the northern part of Lipovci along the Prekmurje highway. The remains of settlements from several eras and an early medieval tomb have been uncovered. The place was a late Copper Age colony. Above-ground objects, dwelling pits, strata, and wells have been found that date back to the Lasinja culture…
11. February, 2020

Lutheran church in Murska Sobota

Murska Sobota’s Lutheran parish is one of the young parishes. Originally belonged to the Puconci parish, and it became an independent parish in 1900. The church was built in neo-Gothic style in 1910 by the Budapest-based architect Jenő Gerely, and in 2010 it was named after Martin Luther. The colorful rosette above the altar shows…
11. February, 2020

Felsőmező archaeological site at Dolga Vas

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…
11. February, 2020

Bell tower

The bell towers standing separately were important socio-cultural and architectural elements of the Catholic and Lutheran countryside. The bell tolled at the time of hail, in the morning, at noon and in the evening, at church ceremonies, in the event of fire, at the time of decease... The bell tower was the center of the…
11. February, 2020

Multi-period archeological site near Pod Grunti Pince

The site is located on a flat area on a barely noticeable terrace, south of the Pince village, at the foot of Lendava Mountain. On the eastern side it extends to the Hungarian state border, in the west it is bordered by the Kis Creek. The site was discovered in 2004 and 2005 during the…
11. February, 2020

Bukovnica

Several archaeological sites have been registered by the staff of the Museum of Murska Sobota in and around Bukovnica. Smaller excavations were carried out near the village of Kot, west of the village. Settlement remains have been discovered: columns of former houses, stove remains and cavities. The finds included many pottery objects and stone tools.…
11. February, 2020

Tombstone

An tombstone made of artificial stone (cast cement and lime, polished and carved) and a photograph which is considered rare in the Pomurje region. A toddler can be seen on it, on a bier. This entry was written in Prekmurje dialect with Hungarian letters: Here rests Leopold Šafarič, born in 1920 and died in 1921.…
11. February, 2020

Potter´s village

The Filovci potters’ village, an open-air museum, was officially established in 2005. Its history goes back much further, to the potters who made their pots here in the Pannonian region, who are not known by name, and those who have been recorded in the archives since the 18th century and to those who still live…
10. February, 2020

St. Martin, and the St. Wenceslaus Chapel

Located on a hill south of Domanjševci, there is a one-nave Romanesque brick church dating from the first half of the 13th century. The Domanjševci church has three specialties; the first is the bell tower built at the same time as the church, the second specialty of the church is the rich Romanesque-style gate on…
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