Cseri Miklós - Horváth Anita - Szabó Zsuzsanna (szerk.): Discover Rural Hungary!, Guide (Szentendre, Hungarian Open Air Museum, 2007)

VII Southern Transdanubia

VII coexisted in the region. The famous busójárás, carnival custom in Mohács, is of Croatian origin. During the Rákóczi war of independence (1703-11) the Serbians moved to the south and were replaced by more and more German settlers moving down the Danube from the German Empire. That is why Tolna and Baranya are called Schwäbische Türkei. The majority of the Hungarians in this area are Protestant and this is indicated in the interiors of houses, e. g. by oleographs on patriotic themes. The immigrant Germans were mostly Roman Catholic or Lutheran, the Croatians and Catholic Serbians were Roman Catholic, and the Serbians belonged to the Eastern Orthodox Church. Although the tradition of viniculture in South Transdanubia dates back to Roman times, the famous red wines of Villány and Szekszárd are the heritage of the Serbians, who settled here in the l6-17th centuries. It is Szekszárd where the first type of bikavér (Bulls blood) was blended from various types of grapes. Outstanding Hungarian cultural figures such as Janus Pannonius, Miklós Zrínyi and Mihály Babits (poets) are associated with this region. The settlements and buildings of this region are as varied as its population. In the more isoLated western parts of South Transdanubia timber-framed, thatched wooden buildings with black kitchens were present up to the beginning of the 20th century. The eastern half of the region, closer to the Danube - the main line of communication - has a more developed architecture with solid walls. This division is shown in our regional unit as well. On both sides of the wide street stand houses with solid walls whilst on the sites of the irregular settlement part timberframed buildings can be found. The regional unit is enclosed by a wickerwork fence characteristic of the whole region. Outside the gate there are agricultural features - the vineyard, the enclosure of barns - and the cemetery. 87