The boatman's house

Szalma's farm was built in 1952 to replace the old farm. It has got rammed earth walls and its architecture does not follow the traditional three-part model of peasant houses in the area. Its rarities are the traditional cooking range and oven. The farm locally known as Paca's farm had been serving as a boatman-house until the mid 1970s. The Szalma family, that is aunt Pore, had been transporting farmers to the Ludas church, to the market, to fairs, and the children to school at the other side of the Lake for more than forty years. A statue of St. John of Nepomuk, the protector saint of fishermen and other people working on water, used to stand in the yard of Paca’s farm. Currently it can be seen at the Bridge of Nosa. In old photographs we can see a pigsty, a henhouse, a stable and a barn. These have been restored along with the farm. Especially interesting is the round pigsty. The part of the lake called Sárgapart and the reedbeds near the farm used to be popular fishing spots. Lots of boats were tied and kept at this steep coast. The Lake was not as muddy as it is today and elderly locals still remember the legendary fish abundance.

Today the farm is a registered peasant farm suited to promote village tourism at Lake Ludas.