Legends

• recorded folklore
• medium confidence

The Marian Vision and the New Church

Local tradition says a vision of the Virgin preceded the church completed in 1897.

• historical source
• medium confidence

The Three “Witches” of Sombor, 1758

Three named healers faced the town magistrate beside an inventory of forty-six seized objects.

• recorded folklore
• medium confidence

The First Settlers’ Houses Below Ground

Čonoplja’s earliest settlers are remembered as living in dugouts before building wattle-and-mud houses.

• recorded folklore
• high confidence

Kuminé, the Witch of Bezdan

A thief was supposedly unable to leave the yard until Kuminé released him.

• recorded folklore
• medium confidence

The Votive Day of 13 October

Monoštor remembers a date from 1944 as a communal vow, not merely an anniversary.

• recorded folklore
• medium confidence

Tanacko Lazić before Maria Theresa

A founding legend takes one man from Stapar directly before the empress to decide the village’s fate.

• historical source
• medium confidence

Miklenda of Kolut Testifies about Bodrog

A major clue to the lost town comes from a man born in Kolut who spoke to a commission in 1717.

• recorded folklore
• medium confidence

Three Severed Heads in the Kovač Coat of Arms

The coat of arms of the family behind Riđica’s manor displayed three severed Turkish heads.

• historical source
• medium confidence

The Four Witches of Leđena

Simeon Stojadinović claimed four women from old Riđica ate people, horses, dogs and “everything alive.”

• recorded folklore
• medium confidence

The Manor that Absorbed an Older Church

When the estate residence was built, part of an earlier Neo-Gothic church was incorporated into it.

• historical source
• medium confidence

The Borđoš Copy of Dušan’s Code

A copy of the medieval law code was preserved for generations by a priestly family connected with Stanišić.

• recorded folklore
• medium confidence

One Church, Two Communities

The church of a former German village survived through an unusual arrangement between two religious communities.

• historical source
• medium confidence

The Water and Mud of Lemeš Spa

A small bathing place lived on the reputation of water and mud credited with healing properties.

• recorded folklore
• high confidence

A Place for the Dead at the Table

An empty seat and poppy-seed pastry were left for the deceased as if they might return to the household.

• recorded folklore
• medium confidence

The Last Part of Rastina’s Church

What the manor had not absorbed disappeared after the Second World War without a clearly recorded explanation.

• recorded folklore
• medium confidence

The “Pirates” of Stapar

Local tradition remembers Stapar’s ancestors as people who intercepted imperial boats on the Danube.

• recorded folklore
• high confidence

A Song for the Priest, the Widow and the Bachelor

The Kraljice did not sing the same verse to everyone; the song changed with the household’s situation.

• recorded folklore
• medium confidence

How Baba Pusta Got Its Name

The estate’s name is linked to Dora Fernbach and a childhood nickname said to come from a favourite doll.

• historical source
• medium confidence

A Walk Through Memory from Station to School

Residents repeat the route by which post-war colonists first entered the former village of Krnjaja.

• oral testimony
• low confidence

The Silver Coin and the Alleged Baba Pusta Curse

• historical source
• medium confidence

Three Hangings before the Entire Village

On 31 May 1848 residents were made to witness the execution of three men at the edge of Stanišić.

• historical source
• medium confidence

The Sunken Bodrog

In 1717 a ninety-year-old witness spoke of towers and buildings already being taken by the Danube.

• recorded folklore
• low confidence

The Lost Church of Saint Martin

• historical source
• medium confidence

The Bácsgyulafalva Sign that Vanished in a Day

The Hungarian name was added at the village entrance, removed almost immediately, and restored after public reaction.