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Čakovec
Čakovec (; hu, Csáktornya; la, Aquama; german: Tschakathurn) is a city in northern Croatia, located around north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Čakovec is both the county seat and the largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmost, smallest and most densely populated Croatian county. Population The city administrative area of Čakovec includes the following settlements: * Čakovec, population 15,147 * Ivanovec, population 2,093 * Krištanovec, population 626 * Kuršanec, population 1,584 * Mačkovec, population 1,326 * Mihovljan, population 1,380 * Novo Selo na Dravi, population 634 * Novo Selo Rok, population 1,441 * Savska Ves, population 1,217 * Slemenice, population 244 * Šandorovec, population 335 * Totovec, population 534 * Žiškovec, population 543 The adjacent villages of Belica, Nedelišće, Pribislavec, Strahoninec and Šenkovec are seats of separate municipalities, although they are all located within of the city's centre. The total popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Međimurje County
Međimurje County (; hr, Međimurska županija ; hu, Muraköz megye) is a triangle-shaped county in the northernmost part of Croatia, roughly corresponding to the historical and geographical region of Međimurje. Despite being the smallest Croatian county by size, it is the most densely populated one (not including the City of Zagreb). The county seat is Čakovec, which is also the largest city of the county. The county borders Slovenia in the north-west and Hungary in the east, with about 30 kilometers of Slovenian territory separating it from Austria. The south-eastern corner of the county is near the town of Legrad and the confluence of the Mura into the Drava. The closest bigger cities include Varaždin, Koprivnica and Bjelovar in Croatia, Lendava, Murska Sobota and Maribor in Slovenia, as well as Nagykanizsa in Hungary and Graz in Austria. The Croatian capital of Zagreb is about 90 kilometers south-west of Čakovec. There are slopes of the Alpine foothills in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Čakovec Castle
Čakovec Castle or Zrinski Castle ( hr, Čakovečka utvrda or or hu, Csáktornyai vár or ''Zrínyi-kastély'') is a medieval fortification in the middle of the town of Čakovec, the administrative seat of Međimurje County, northern Croatia. The castle is located in the Zrinski Park, not far from the city's central square, and is the biggest fortification in Međimurje County. It was constructed of hewn stone and red brick, and, during its more than 7-century-long history, subjected to several reconstructions. Today it is partly restored. The castle's main palace houses the Međimurje County Museum, the biggest museum in the county, and its atrium is also used as an outdoor theatre during the summer months. The place was the scene of the Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy, a significant event in the history of Croatia. On 19 November 2007 Čakovec Castle was classified as a protected cultural good in the Register of Cultural Goods of Croatia under No. N-23. History The first fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Međimurje County Museum
The Međimurje County Museum in Čakovec, the seat of Međimurje County, Croatia, is located in the Zrinski Castle inner palace, the biggest medieval fortification in the county, close to the centre of the town and its main square. History The museum was established in 1954 by the authorities of Međimurje County as Čakovec Town Museum and opened to the public in 1955. At the beginning it was housed in the exhibition halls inside the fortified outer buildings of the castle. Later it was enlarged, renamed and transferred to the three-storey inner palace of the castle complex, so it has around today. Function The museum is a regional cultural heritage museum. It collects, preserves, maintains, displays, exhibits and interprets artifacts pertinent to the history of Međimurje County. It also gives expert help, guiding services and other informational services, organizes educational lectures and specialized exhibitions, publishes expert books and has other activities. Departmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savska Ves
Savska Ves ( hu, Százkő) is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia. The village is part of the wider area of Čakovec, the county seat of Međimurje County. It is located next to the southern limits of the city, around 2 kilometres from its centre. It is also connected with the village of Strahoninec, which is a separate municipality. There are two streets in Savska Ves, one of them formed by the road that connects Čakovec with Totovec. The population of the village in the 2011 census was 1,217. History It is not certain when the village was established. However, it was most likely the village listed as ''Zawszkawecz'' on the list of settlements in the Čakovec area in 1478. In the 1857 census, the population of Savska Ves was 219. By the beginning of the 20th century, it grew to over 400. The village was already predominantly populated by Croats at the time. In the 1910 census, it had a population of 446. It was part of the Čakovec district ( hu, Csáktornyai járás) of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novo Selo Rok
Novo Selo Rok ( hu, Rókusújfalu) is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia. The village is administratively part of the wider area of Čakovec, the county seat of Međimurje County, and is located around 4 kilometres from the centre of the city. Its population in the 2011 census was 1,441. History The history of the village began in 1681, during an epidemic of plague, which devastated the entire Međimurje region. The faithful people fled to the protection of Saint Roch, building a chapel on the then deserted hill and naming it in his honour in 1686. The chapel was expanded during the 1750s. In the 1857 census, the village had a population of 168. At the time, it was known as ''Jánosfalu'' in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zrinski
Zrinski () was a Croatian- Hungarian noble family, a cadet branch of the Croatian noble tribe of Šubić, influential during the period in history marked by the Ottoman wars in Europe in the Kingdom of Croatia's union with the Kingdom of Hungary and in the later Kingdom of Croatia as a part of the Habsburg monarchy. Notable members of this family were Bans of Croatia, considered national heroes in both Croatia and Hungary, and were particularly celebrated during the period of Romanticism, a movement which was called ''Zrinijada'' in Croatia. History The Zrinski (), meaning "those of Zrin", are a branch of the Šubić family, which arose when king Louis I of Hungary needed some of the Šubićs' fortresses for his coming wars against Venice, and the city of Zadar in particular. In 1347, Louis I took their estates around Bribir in Dalmatia and gave them the Zrin estate with Zrin Castle, located south of the modern city of Petrinja and west of Hrvatska Kostajnica, in what ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Csák I Hahót
Csák (I) from the kindred Hahót ( hu, Hahót nembeli (I.) Csák; died after 1269) was a Hungarian noble who held several secular positions during the reign of King Béla IV. Initially, he was a strong and influential supporter of the king's son, Duke Stephen, later returned to Béla's allegiance. Biography He was born into the Buzád branch of the ''gens'' (clan) Hahót as the son of Buzád II, who served as ban of Severin between 1226 and ''c''. 1232.Zsoldos 2011, p. 49. Csák had three brothers. His father was killed by the Mongols in Pest after the disastrous Battle of Mohi.Markó 2006, p. 451. Csák I had five sons, including Csák II, from an unidentified wife.Markó 2006, p. 356. His name was first mentioned by a document in 1234. Albeit that charter proved to be a 14th-century forgery, its genealogical details are correct, which suggested he was born around 1215.Tóth 1976, p. 207. He functioned as master of the horse from 1245 to 1247. Besides that he also served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nedelišće
Nedelišće ( hu, Drávavásárhely; Kajkavian: ''Nedelišče'') is a village in Međimurje County, in northern Croatia, and the seat of the Municipality of Nedelišće, which also includes 10 other villages in the south-western part of Međimurje County. Nedelišće itself is a suburban village located just outside the county seat, Čakovec, around 3 kilometres from the city's centre. Despite not being designated as either a city or a town, Nedelišće was the third most populated settlement in Međimurje County, after Čakovec and Prelog, with 4,320 inhabitants according to the 2011 census. History Nedelišće was first mentioned in 1226, in the Donation of the Hungarian King Béla IV. The settlement was named after Sunday ( hr, nedjelja, local Kajkavian dialect: ''nedelja'' or ''nedela''), since the local people worship The Holy Trinity to which their Catholic parish is dedicated. In the Middle Ages, the place has developed into a market consisting of fairs and craft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žiškovec
Žiškovec ( hu, Zsidény) is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia. The village is administratively part of the wider area of Čakovec, the county seat of Međimurje County, and is located around 7 kilometres north of the centre of the city. Between 1992 and 1997, it was part of the Vratišinec municipality. The population of Žiškovec in the 2011 census was 543. The southern end of Žiškovec is connected with the northern end of Slemenice. The D209 state road goes through both villages, connecting Čakovec with Mursko Središće and Lendava Lendava (; formerly ''Dolnja Lendava'', in older sources also ''Dolenja Lendava''; hu, Lendva, formerly ''Alsólendva''; german: Lindau, formerly ''Unter-Limbach'') is a town in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is the seat of the Municip .... References Populated places in Međimurje County {{Međimurje-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slemenice
Slemenice is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia. The village is administratively part of the wider area of Čakovec, the county seat of Međimurje County, and is located around 6 kilometres north of the centre of the city. Its population in the 2011 census was 244. The northern end of Slemenice is connected with the southern end of Žiškovec. The D209 state road goes through both villages, connecting Čakovec with Mursko Središće and Lendava Lendava (; formerly ''Dolnja Lendava'', in older sources also ''Dolenja Lendava''; hu, Lendva, formerly ''Alsólendva''; german: Lindau, formerly ''Unter-Limbach'') is a town in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is the seat of the Municip .... References Populated places in Međimurje County {{Međimurje-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mačkovec, Croatia
Mačkovec ( hu, Nyírvölgy) is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia. It had a population of 1,326 in the 2011 census. The village is located approximately 3 kilometres from the centre of Čakovec, the county seat and largest city of Međimurje County, and administratively belongs to the city's wider area. Its southern end is connected with the north-eastern part of Šenkovec. The D209 road goes through the north-western part of the village, connecting Čakovec with Mursko Središće and Lendava Lendava (; formerly ''Dolnja Lendava'', in older sources also ''Dolenja Lendava''; hu, Lendva, formerly ''Alsólendva''; german: Lindau, formerly ''Unter-Limbach'') is a town in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is the seat of the Municip .... References Populated places in Međimurje County {{Međimurje-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totovec
Totovec ( hu, Tótfalu) is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia. It had a population of 534 in the 2011 census. The village is located around 7 kilometres south of the centre of Čakovec, the county seat and largest city of Međimurje County, and is administratively part of the city's wider area. It is also close to Lake Varaždin, a reservoir on the Drava, and is connected with the village of Novo Selo na Dravi. A gravel pit A gravel pit is an open-pit mine for the extraction of gravel. Gravel pits often lie in river valleys where the water table is high, so they may naturally fill with water to form ponds or lakes. Old, abandoned gravel pits are normally used either ... located in the village, called Totomore, is also a popular summer bathing and entertainment destination in Međimurje County. References Populated places in Međimurje County {{Međimurje-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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