Kepéné Bihar Mária - Lendvai Kepe Zoltán: Domonkosfai értékőrzők (Lendva, 2012)
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// // Oriszentpéter and Nagyrákos. The Orség-dwellers’ role as defendants of the frontier had come to an end by the end of the Middle Ages, but the local landlords could only force a minority of them into serfdom. Őrség is an area of scattered farmsteads, which is a characteristic feature of the Vend country as well. The population lives in groups of cottages, termed “szer” built on clearings or hilltops. In terms of natural resources, the Őrség is at a disadvantage. The clay-earth soil is low grade, which restricted the Őrség farmers in cultivation but drove them to ameliorate their lands and to establish an effective silviculture. Thanks to the local clay, pottery supplying both the internal and external market has also been typical. In addition, wide spread local crafts included wood carving, wickerwork, straw matting, spinning and weaving. The őrség people had an amazing knowledge of nature. Collecting mushrooms and the knowledge and use of medical herbs have remained important activities to the present day. The people of Őrség have been followers of the Catholic faith since the age of the Árpád House proven by the Romanesque churches of Velemér, Őriszentpéter and Domonkosfa dating from the Árpád Age. In the 1550s the teachings of the Reformation also attracted followers // from among the small landed gentry of the őrség. They retained their faith at the time of the Counter Reformation as well, when efforts were made to catholicize them by force. The freedom of religion only arrived for Protestants in 1781 when Joseph II published his Edictum Toh erantiae (edict of tolerance). Today, the majority of the population of the Őrség are followers of the Reformed and the Lutheran Church. The storms of history in the 20th century hit the Őrség severely. As a result of the Trianon resolutions, it was cut across by the state border in 1920, so some of its villages including Hodos, Kapornak, Domonkosfa and Bükalja became part of the Serb-Croatian King-6
