Ibafa
Encyclopedia
Ibafa is a small village with a population of 250 in Baranya county, Hungary
. The village hides in the valleys of Zselic, and it's an ordinary, non-intriguing place - but it's known all over in Hungary. The mayor is László Benes.
Ibafa became known in the 20th century, because the local priest liked pipes. He was a strange ecclesiastical person, always seen with a pipe in his mouth, playing cards with pals in the pub. A journalist stumbled on him, and wrote a tongue-twister
verse beginning with the line:
meaning
In spite of being the most known village of Zselic, Ibafa is in trouble nowadays. The school and the parish church are closed (furthermore, the school building collapsed), many of the inhabitants are unemployed, there's no kindergarten, and the road is in a terrible condition. It is clear that the youth will move away if things do not change.
Anyway, there's hope to construct a new road to make Ibafa accessible from two directions.
and Mihály Károlyi
. It is an outstanding collection of the world's pipes.
The region of the village is simply a must see in Hungary for the fanciers of nature. The mixed forest, the untouched wildlife, the gently sloping hills and the fresh waters of the brooks are charming.
Gyűrűfű is a bio-village located close to Ibafa. There people try to live in harmony with nature, keeping the goods of civilization and peace of the Zselic together.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. The village hides in the valleys of Zselic, and it's an ordinary, non-intriguing place - but it's known all over in Hungary. The mayor is László Benes.
Ibafa became known in the 20th century, because the local priest liked pipes. He was a strange ecclesiastical person, always seen with a pipe in his mouth, playing cards with pals in the pub. A journalist stumbled on him, and wrote a tongue-twister
Tongue-twister
A tongue-twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly, and can be used as a type of spoken word game. Some tongue-twisters produce results which are humorous when they are mispronounced, while others simply rely on the confusion and mistakes of the speaker for their...
verse beginning with the line:
- "Az ibafai papnak fapipája van, ezért az ibafai papi pipa papi fapipa"
meaning
- "The priest of Ibafa has a wooden pipe, so the priestly pipe of Ibafa is a priestly wooden pipe". http://www.fotomedia.hu/html/sajtoszemle/cikk22.htm
Anyway, there's hope to construct a new road to make Ibafa accessible from two directions.
Sights
There is a Pipe Museum in the village, where you can find the pipe of Ferenc DeákFerenc Deák
Ferenc Deák de Kehida , , was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation".-Early life and law career:...
and Mihály Károlyi
Mihály Károlyi
Count Mihály Ádám György Miklós Károlyi de Nagykároly was briefly Hungary's leader in 1918-19 during a short-lived democracy...
. It is an outstanding collection of the world's pipes.
The region of the village is simply a must see in Hungary for the fanciers of nature. The mixed forest, the untouched wildlife, the gently sloping hills and the fresh waters of the brooks are charming.
Gyűrűfű is a bio-village located close to Ibafa. There people try to live in harmony with nature, keeping the goods of civilization and peace of the Zselic together.