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TRANSFORMATION OF A STRICTLY CONTROLLED BORDER AREA INTO A TOURIST DESTINATION MAKING HERITAGE IN COMMUNIST HUNGARY ÁGOTA LÍDIA ISPÁN The Őrség National Reserve was founded on the borderland Narodni park Őrség so na obmejnem območju Madžarske of Hungary in the communist period. The role of the region ustanovili v času komunizma. S tem so na dva različna was reinterpreted in two different ways (modernization and načina, tj. modernizacije in varovanja okolja, reinterpretirali environmental protection). The aim of the paper is analyzing vlogo regije. Avtorica analizira različne koncepte in procese the different concepts, and the process of heritage making. ustvarjanja dediščine. Keywords: socialist modernization, nature conservation, Ključne besede: socialistična modernizacija, ohranjanje heritage making under communism, Őrség Nature Reserve narave, ustvarjanje dediščine v komunizmu, naravni rezervat Őrség INTRODUCTION Őrség National Park was established in the area of two historical regions—Őrség and the Rába Valley (Hung. Vendvidék, Sln. Porabje)—comprising forty-four settlements in southwest Hungary. Eighteen settlements belong to the historical Őrség region (three of them are now part of Slovenia); the somewhat more broadly defined ethnographic Őrség is a nationally well-known region, and regional self-awareness is a key element of the identity of the local population. The identity of Őrség has been formed by the natural environment, the characteristics of settlement construction and farming methods (szerek, or clusters of buildings, were built in hilltop clearings; there are “rounded houses,” etc.), border guard duty, privileges and administrative autonomy until the seventeenth century, the communal consciousness of the population, good “marketing” of the region, research, and literary interest.1 The historical Rába Valley region is located on the western border of historical Hungary, and it included the villages of Vas and Zala counties inhabited by Slovenians.
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