Somogy megye múltjából - Levéltári évkönyv 36. (Kaposvár, 2005)

Récsei Balázs: „Azon mentségek és kifogásokról, melyeket a vadászok hibázás után használni szoktak" (Forrásközlés)

Within the tourism of Somogy County the popularity of Lake Balaton shore has a century-old tradition, as the guest-receiving capacity, still decisive in today's Hungarian tourism through its continuous, unbroken development, was established in the second half of the 19th century. Between the two World Wars new phenomena could be noted in the development of the tourism of Somogy County, mainly due to the appearance of motorization. One is the appearance of cartourism wherefore several villages of Somogy County entered on the suggested routes of the maps of the Royal Hungarian Automobile Club. The other one was the start of domestic air-traffic, wherefore the first domestic airline flew on the air-route Budapest- Kaposvár-Pécs. Spas represent a special group of tourist offers. It partly means the row of villages qualified as spas along the shore of Lake Balaton and partly the discovery of the thermal well in Nagyatád in 1907 and establishing a bath there- which may be considered the beginning of the medicinal and thermal tourism of Somogy- and also the discovery of the hot water in Csokonyavisonta in 1943. The absence of foreign guests due to the economic crisis forced the leaders of tourism to find new markets through domestic tourism. A means of this were the so-called „filler-trains" of MÁV (Hungarian State Railways), and the exhibitions, events organized in the county seats. The first one was organized in the seat of Somogy County in 1934 under the name „Flowery Week in Kaposvár", and the Kaposvár Week was held for years afterwards. To promote domestic tourism „The Traveller's Book" was published which can be considered the first complete guide-book in Hungary. The 3rd edition in 1940 mentions Bares and Nagyatád, apart from Kaposvár and the resorts along the shore of Lake Balaton. With the help of the guide-book the study wishes to present what was considered worth telling the potential tourists in 1940, and what the preparedness for tourism of Somogy was like at the beginning of the 40-s. Gábor Gonad: Nagynyárád 1944-1948. A case study. The Fate of the Germans Living in Hungary in the post-WWII Years on the Basis of Nagynyárád's Example. The study intends to show the nationwide processes and changes affecting the Germans living in Hungary that took place during and after WWII, and how and in what form these changes presented themselves in Nagynyárád. The question is: how the decisive changes that affected this ethnic group after WWII can be observed in the life of the analysed South-Transdanubian village, which had been inhabited mainly by Germans before 1945. In the course of my research I could find a typical instance for all the general phenomena of the era. Knowing this it can be stated that the history of the Germans in Nagynyárád after 1945 is the miniature of the fate of this ethnic group after WWII therefore the conclusion that can be drawn from the study presenting this short but decisive period of the village's history, may be considered of universal validity. Zsuzsanna Domokos-Szalav.Post-Cards and Picture Post-Cards at the Somogy County Archives The author undertakes the presentation of the post-card collection of the Archives and their elaboration to help research. In the introduction the information necessary for identification and dating of the post-cards and picture post-cards is summarized. In the first part the post-cards related to the topic of Lake Balaton is published, according to localities and in alphabetical order, within that arranged according to topics, with the most important data necessary for identification added. Balázs Récsei: "Pretexts and Excuses that Hunters Use for their Failures" (Source publication) The source publication of a lighter topic is an excellent proof that hunting, considered a serious trade by its nature, may have a lot of amusing aspects. The source publication presenting the excuses of the hunters for their failures, is supplemented by an introduction excellently matching in attitude and style. The source enriches and colours the cultural-history of hunting and is unique in its kind.