Contact person(s): Krisztina Rimányi - rimanyi.krisztina@vasmegye.hu
Program website:
The Vas County Government Office, in project consortium with the
- IZ - Verein zur Förderung von Vielfalt, Dialog und Bildung from Vienna (lead partner),
- Dokumentationsarchiv des Österreichischen Widerstandes, Vienna (DöW),
- Province of Burgenland,
- Nyugat- Pannon Terület- és Gazdaságfejlesztési Szolgáltató Közhasznató Nonprofit Ltd. and
- Győr-Moson-Sopron County Government
implemented the project "Border(hi)stories", ATHU126, financed by the Austria-Hungary Interreg V-A Programme, between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2022.
The overall aim of the project is to expand knowledge of the historical facts of the previous century in the border region and to establish, strengthen, and ensure long-term cooperation between knowledge transfer organisations. The project covers the counties of Vas and Győr-Moson-Sopron, the province of Burgenland, and Vienna.
The materials collected and the documents developed within the framework of the project are available or can be downloaded from: https://www.borderhistories.eu/
The main results of the project:
- Creation of a common digital inventory, database, and interactive map of nearly 50 memorial sites in Eastern Austria and Western Hungary.
Municipalities:- Ágfalva
- Andau
- Balf
- Eisenstadt
- Felsőcsatár
- Felsőszölnök
- Fertőrákos
- Kőszeg
- Kőszegfalva
- Lackenbach
- Mosonmagyaróvár
- Parndorf
- Rajka
- Rattersdorf
- Rechnitz
- Rönök
- Sopron
- Stegersbach
- St. Margarethen
- Szentpéterfa
- Szombathely
- Wien
- Bucsu
- Deutsch Schützen
- Donnerskirchen
- Győr
- Engerau
- Harka
- Hegykő
- Hidegség
- Frauenkirchen
- Jánossomorja
- Kópháza
- Körmend
- Krottendorf
- Mörbisch
- Narda
- Neckenmarkt
- Oberschützen
- Oberwart
- Ostffyasszonyfa
- Purbach
- Sopronkőhida
- Sopronkövesd
- Strem
- Torony
- Vaskeresztes
- Zurndorf
Periods:
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- Prisoner of war and civilian prison camps in the First World War
- Armed conflicts in 1921 and the referendum in Sopron
- Deportation and murder of Hungarian Jews
- Deportation and murder of Hungarian Roma people
- Forced labour at the Eastern Wall in 1944-45
- Mass graves of the World War II period
- Deportation of Hungarian Germans in 1946
- Iron Curtain
- 1956 revolution and its refugees
- Opening of the borders in 1989
- Annak érdekében, hogy a történelemről már rendelkezésre álló tudás, illetve a projektben feldolgozott új eredmények a nyilvánosság számára hozzáférhetővé váljanak, egy interkatív vándorkiállítás került megtervezésre a projekt keretében, amely mind Ausztriában, mind Magyarországon bemutatásra került.A kiállításmegnyitók keretében ún. „dialógus-rendezvények” is megrendezésre kerültek, melyek célja egy párbeszéd lefolytatása az osztrák és a magyar emlékhelyeken történt, valószínűleg a felek által esetlegesen eltérően értelmezett eseményekről a történelem iránt érdeklődő helyi közönség és a történészek között.
The material of the travelling exhibition was also published in book form.
- The Hungarian partners also carried out museum education activities, reaching out to schools. In Vas County, local topic- and target audience-specific educational packages are developed for primary schools (grades 7-8) and high schools with the participation of museums. Themes: the prisoner of war camp of Ostffyasszonyfa, the Holocaust in Szombathely, and the Iron Curtain.
- Bilingual teaching materials were developed to discuss the events at the memorial sites and to deepen young people's knowledge of local history, and bilateral school projects were also carried out with Austrian and Hungarian students.
- A concept for the presentation of the 20th century history of Kőszeg and the border area was prepared, identifying possible exhibition sites and developing ideal exhibition possibilities. The concept will be implemented outside the project.
- A presentation concept for the 20th century history of Vas County was also prepared, gathering which 20th century events in the county can be viewed where, how, and under what conditions; and which ones are not yet available, and how and where they could be best presented to allow more local and incoming visitors to learn about them.
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