| Note:
There is now an English
version of the association's web site. Click on the British flag in upper right corner to get English. |
| Hungarian Stein
Collectors Association Most us when we think of Hungary think of goulash, music, and Budapest, so it is a little surprising to learn that beer stein collecting is strong and organized there. The Hungarian Stein Collectors Association is celebrating its ten year anniversary in April 2009.
The association currently has thirty-seven members and meets twice a year. There is a two day general meeting in the Spring and another get together in the fall to visit places around the country where members live and listen to lectures on interesting topics such as §11 steins, turnfest steins, antique glass steins etc. The association has a web site which you can view at: Be aware that the site is written in Hungarian. If you do not speak the language, you might try using an on-line translating program and copying parts of the text to the program. The resulting translations are not very good or clear, but they will help to give you an idea of what is being said. One site I like to use is: http://www.webforditas.hu/index.php?show=textTab&lang=english Of particular interest is the page showing the club members
with their
collections which can be found without much effort. From the home page,
click on
Egyesület (last one on left). Then click on:
Egyesületi tagok gyűjteményei
(3rd one down). You then come to a page with a whole list of
names going down the right side of the left box.
Click on a name and after a few seconds, a pile of photos will begin to
appear.
Click on the top photo to scroll through the pile and view the member's
collection.
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The stein
shown on the left was commissioned to celebrate the association's tenth
jubilee.
The stein was manufactured by KIing-Works in Germany and has photos of
all the members
displayed. 
Shown at
the right is István Szemere with some of his collection. István
is the
current president of the Hungarian Stein Association, and provided all
of the information and pictures for this story. István invites any
stein
collector traveling to Hungary who would like to visit another stein
collector
to contact him and he will try to arrange a meeting with a collector
who speaks
English. His email address is: