Life near castles

By the 13th century, Prekmurje was gradually included in the Hungarian crown land, and the Hungarian kings granted the land to their vassals and deserving people; the administrative centres of the estates became castles owned by the first feudal families. The period between the 13th and 17th centuries was marked by the development of settlements and squares and the related development of craft activities, the rise of freemen among the lower nobility, the Reformation and wars with Turks.

Photo: Tomislav Vrečič