2024. April 30. Tuesday
Pipe Museum - Ibafa
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Address: 7935, Ibafa Arany János u. 2.
Phone number: (73) 354-151
Opening hours: Mon-Sun on prior notice
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Ibafa is a nice little village in Baranya County, hiding in the valleys of Zselic, north-east of Szigetvár. It was first mentioned in a document in 1425. After Szigetvár fell, the village of Ibafa emptied. In the middle of the 1700s, Croatians and later Germans arrived to settle in the village. The Catholic church that is an attraction of the village nowadays was built in 1865. The fame of the village came from the local parson's interest in pipes.
According to tradition, Nándor Hangai, the parson of the village from 1864 to 1905, loved pipes. This inspired his friend, the journalist István Roboz, to write the rhyme already included in school books at the beginning of the 1900s, as it was considered jaw-breaker. In 1931, the composers Károly Komjáthy, Tamás Emőd, and Rezső Török wrote music to the rhyme as part of the operetta 'Wedding in Ibafa'. From this time on, the parson of Ibafa and his pipes were in the center of attention.
In 1931, the parson was Ferenc Sarlós, who on the other hand did not have any pipes, so the locals gave him a nice wooden pipe as present. This pipe was made by the applied artist Béla Gerber in 1934. From then on, the parsons of Ibafa collected relics related to pipes. The most valuable piece in the collection is the original 'Ibafa wooden pipe' owned by the Pécs Episcopate, among many other pieces.
Exhibitions at the Pipe Museum in Ibafa select from the Baranya County Museums' Management's Smoking History collection. The collection was set up by the manager Imre Dankó in the 1960s. Items in the collections are from across the country, e.g Debrecen, Győr, Budapest, Pécsvárad etc. The museum also purchased a great number of pipes from the Pawn Shop Company, and the Pipe Shop in Budapest.
The exhibition that originally opened in 1958 was reset in 1976 and again in 1987 supervised by the museologist Csilla Horváth B. The visitors will see a great variety of pipes, as well as a selection of accessories.
One of the pipes, a 'company pipe' was made by Boldizsár Lakatos of Pécs. Some of the pipes have historic relations, e.g. pipes once owned by Ferenc Deák (1803-1876) and the Count Mihály Károlyi (1875-1955) are also on display.
The rich collection also includes small pipes with meticulous ornament from the second part of the 19th century.
According to tradition, Nándor Hangai, the parson of the village from 1864 to 1905, loved pipes. This inspired his friend, the journalist István Roboz, to write the rhyme already included in school books at the beginning of the 1900s, as it was considered jaw-breaker. In 1931, the composers Károly Komjáthy, Tamás Emőd, and Rezső Török wrote music to the rhyme as part of the operetta 'Wedding in Ibafa'. From this time on, the parson of Ibafa and his pipes were in the center of attention.
In 1931, the parson was Ferenc Sarlós, who on the other hand did not have any pipes, so the locals gave him a nice wooden pipe as present. This pipe was made by the applied artist Béla Gerber in 1934. From then on, the parsons of Ibafa collected relics related to pipes. The most valuable piece in the collection is the original 'Ibafa wooden pipe' owned by the Pécs Episcopate, among many other pieces.
Exhibitions at the Pipe Museum in Ibafa select from the Baranya County Museums' Management's Smoking History collection. The collection was set up by the manager Imre Dankó in the 1960s. Items in the collections are from across the country, e.g Debrecen, Győr, Budapest, Pécsvárad etc. The museum also purchased a great number of pipes from the Pawn Shop Company, and the Pipe Shop in Budapest.
The exhibition that originally opened in 1958 was reset in 1976 and again in 1987 supervised by the museologist Csilla Horváth B. The visitors will see a great variety of pipes, as well as a selection of accessories.
One of the pipes, a 'company pipe' was made by Boldizsár Lakatos of Pécs. Some of the pipes have historic relations, e.g. pipes once owned by Ferenc Deák (1803-1876) and the Count Mihály Károlyi (1875-1955) are also on display.
The rich collection also includes small pipes with meticulous ornament from the second part of the 19th century.