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Medvednica
Medvednica (, ) is a mountain in central Croatia, just north of Zagreb, and marking the southern border of the historic region of Zagorje. Most of it is encompassed by the Medvednica Nature Park. The highest peak, at is Sljeme. Most of the area of Medvednica is a nature park (''park prirode''), a type of preservation lesser than a national park. During the Miocene and the Pliocene, the mountain was an island within the Pannonian Sea. Together with the surrounding hills, it is known as Zagrebačka gora or the "Zagreb Mountains", as well as Bistranjska gora, Markuševačka gora, Stubička gora and Vrabečka gora. Etymology The name Medvednica could be translated as "bear mountain". There are several other toponyms on the mountain using the Kajkavian dialect term ''medved'' 'bear' (compare Standard ), most notably Medvedgrad, a medieval castle on its southwestern edges. Sljeme (; Kajkavian: ''Sleme'') means ''summit'', and it is a name often used metonymically to refer to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velika Peć Na Rogu
Velika peć na Rogu, also known as Velika peć na Lipi or Topla peć, is a cave on Zagrebačka gora. Along with Šupljasta pećina, it has one of the largest openings on the mountain, and has been described as its "most imposing entrance". It is also currently its 9th longest by horizontal passage length. It is far removed from most other caves on Zagrebačka gora, and situated in an older layer than most other caves thereon. It is also situated at a higher elevation than most, and about as the crow flies from the peak of Rog na Lipi (). The total length of the cave is , with an internal vertical difference of . Etymology The name ''Velika peć'', sometimes written in its Kajkavian form ''Velika peč'', means "Large Cave". The need to distinguish it from caves with the same name led some sources to append the epithet ''na Rogu'', meaning "on Rog". The name ''Topla peć'', sometimes written in its Kajkavian form ''Topla peč'', means "Warm Cave". Sometimes the name is given with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veternica (cave)
Veternica is a cave located on Medvednica mountain in Zagreb, Croatia. At long, it is the longest known cave on its massif, and an estimated 6 km or more remain unexplored. In the 1960s, it briefly became the longest cave in Croatia. The first is available to visitors. In 2019, it had 5787 visitors. It is an archeological site where remains of several kinds of prehistoric animals as well as humans have been found. The cave has been protected by law since 7 July 1979, with registration as a Natural Monument on 11 July of that year. Etymology The name ''Vetrenica'' is a Kajkavian -en-adjective formed from the reflex of Proto-Slavic větrъ "wind", to which the denominal suffix -ica has been added. It is named for the wind that comes from the lower entrance of a cave as a result of temperature differences, except in the winter. Specifically in caves with two or more entrances and a significant difference in elevation between them. The upper entrance in this case seems to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagreb
Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level, above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city itself had a population of 767,131, while the population of Zagreb metropolitan area is 1,086,528. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Šćitarjevo. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol, Zagreb, Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851, Janko Kamauf became Zagreb's List of mayors of Zagreb, first mayor. Zagreb has special status as a Administrative divisions of Croatia, Croatian administrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijele Sige
Bijele sige, also known as Bjele sige jama and Jama bijele sige, is a 27 m deep pit cave with horizontal extensions on the Medvednica massif. It is located in an area with many pit caves, but is one of the largest among these, and is distinguished by complex horizontal passages, which bring the total length of the cave to 94 m. The cave is under special protection, and is closed to the public. Description The entrance to the cave is at 534 m above sea level, and its deepest point at 507 m above sea level. The entrance is narrow, at only 1.5×0.6 m, widening after 2 m until it becomes a chamber by the end of the 10 m drop. The entrance chamber has a mound of soil, branches, and leaves at the bottom and extends both to the northeast and to the west consisting. To the northeast, the passage leads to a chamber with a small drop and smaller chimney above. This turns south and ends in narrow, impassable canal. To the west, there is a side-passage to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velebitaška Jama
Velebitaška jama, also known as Batinova jama or Jama na Jazbinjaku, is the deepest pit cave and second deepest cave on the Medvednica Medvednica (, ) is a mountain in central Croatia, just north of Zagreb, and marking the southern border of the historic region of Zagorje. Most of it is encompassed by the Medvednica Nature Park. The highest peak, at is Sljeme. Most of the are ... massif behind Veternica (cave), Veternica, at 45 m, at one point the deepest. It is located in an area with many pit caves, but is one of the largest among these, with a complex horizontal and vertical morphology that brings the total length of the cave to 95 m. It has been described as the "most significant" pit cave on its massif. The cave is under special protection, and is closed to the public. Description The entrance to the cave is at 417 m above sea level, and its deepest point at 372 m above sea level. The entrance is narrow, at only 1×1 m, widening after 4 m, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javornica Kod Bizeka
Javornica kod Bizeka is the second longest cave on the Medvednica massif, at 330 m or 306 m, depending on the method of measurement. It is adjacent to the ''Bizek'' rock quarry, which endangered and partly destroyed it. Etymology The name "Javornica" derives was given to it in commemoration of the ''Planinarsko društvo'' "Javor" mountaineering society, from which most of its first explorers had come, although by that time they were members of the ''PDS "Velebit"''. Description The entrance to the cave is at 306 m above sea level through a 14 m deep pit. The entrance pit leads into a roughly 10×20 m chamber up to 5 m high with a sloped floor covered in stone blocks that have fallen from the roof over geological time, in which fossils can be found. The most represented fossils are '' Pecten'' species. In the center of the chamber are two white stalagmites, and on the roof in places a number of brown and white stalactites. The total elevation dif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grmoščica
Grmoščica or Grmošćica is a hill on Medvednica mountain in central Croatia, just north of Zagreb. Its highest peak is 239 m. Etymology The oldest surviving mention of the hill is in a 1217 document under the name ''Gremla''. The form ''Grmoščica'' is Kajkavian, whereas the form ''Grmošćica'' is a correction according to the Croatian standard. It consists of a root inherited from Proto-Slavic grъmъ + -oš + -čica. A dialectal form ''Grmovčica'' is also encountered. Both spellings continue to be used. In other dialects, the word ''grmoščica'' is used to refer to the mushroom ''Armillaria tabescens''. Biology Flora Trees include ''Castanea sativa'', ''Fagus sylvatica'', ''Quercus petraea'', ''Salix alba'', '' S. purpurea'', and others. There is currently a ''Robinia pseudoacacia'' infestation, and foresters are trying to force the growth of native ''Q. petraea'' and ''F. sylvatica'' to combat it. The local ''C. sativa'' population is still badly affected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrvatsko Zagorje
Hrvatsko Zagorje (; Croatian Zagorje; ''zagorje'' is Croatian language, Croatian for 'backland' or 'behind the hills') is a cultural region in northern Croatia, traditionally separated from the country's capital Zagreb by the Medvednica mountains. It comprises the whole area north of Mount Medvednica up to Slovenia in the north and west, and up to the regions of Međimurje and Podravina in the north and east. The population of Zagorje is not recorded as such, as it is administratively divided among Krapina-Zagorje County (total population 142,432), and western and central part of Varaždin County (total population 183,730). The population of Zagorje can be reasonably estimated to exceed 300,000 people. In Croatia, the area is usually referred to simply as ''Zagorje'' (Croatian for 'backland' or 'behind the hills'; with respect to Medvednica). However, to avoid confusion with the nearby Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi in Slovenia, the Croatian part is called ''Hrvatsko Zagorje' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medvedgrad
Medvedgrad (; Croatian language, Croatian for ''bear-town''; ) is a medieval Fortification, fortified town located about 10 km north of Zagreb, on the south slopes of Medvednica mountain, approximately halfway from the Croatian capital Zagreb to the mountain top Sljeme. For defensive purposes it was built on a hill, Mali Plazur, that is a Spur (mountain), spur of the main ridge of the mountain that overlooks the city. On a clear day the castle can be seen from far away, especially the high main tower. Below the main tower of the castle is ''Oltar Domovine'' (Altar of the homeland) which is dedicated to Croatian soldiers killed in the Croatian War of Independence. The altar of the homeland, made by the sculptor Kuzma Kovačić, was opened by Croatian President Dr. Franjo Tuđman, May 30, 1994. Etymology The name ''Medvedgrad'' in Croatian language, Croatian is a Compound_(linguistics), compound word consisting of ''medved'' — the Kajkavian dialectal variant of Standard Croatia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nature Park
A nature park, or sometimes natural park, is a designation for a protected area by means of long-term land planning, sustainable resource management and limitation of agricultural and real estate developments. These valuable landscapes are preserved in their present ecological state and promoted for ecotourism purposes. In most countries nature parks are subject to legally regulated protection, which is part of their conservation laws. In terms of level of protection, a category "Nature Park" is not the same as a "National Park", which is defined by the IUCN and its World Commission on Protected Areas as a category II protected area. A "Nature Park" designation, depending on local specifics, falls between category III and category VI according to IUCN categorization, in most cases closer to category VI. However some nature parks have later been turned into national parks. International nature parks The first international nature park in Europe, the present-day Pieniny N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pannonian Island Mountains
The Pannonian island mountains (, ) is a term for isolated mountains scattered across the Pannonian Plain, chiefly its western and southern parts, in Hungary, Serbia and Croatia. In prehistoric times, these mountains were islands of the ancient Pannonian Sea that disappeared about 600,000 years ago. The island mountains include: ;Croatia *Central Slavonian Mountains: ** Dilj **Krndija **Papuk ** Psunj **Požeška Gora *Medvednica in western Croatia ;Hungary * Transdanubian Mountains of western Hungary: **Bakony **Buda Hills **Gerecse **Pilis Mountains ** Vértes Hills ** Velence Mountains *Mecsek, in south Hungary * Kőszeg Mountains (Geschriebenstein), on Hungary–Austria border * Baranya Hills ;Serbia (autonomous province of Vojvodina)Dragan Rodić, Geografija za I ili III razred srednje škole, Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva, Beograd, 1995. *Fruška Gora *Vršac Mountains The Vršac Mountains (, sr-Cyrl, Вршачке планине, ), also known as Vrš ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west. Its capital and largest city, Zagreb, forms one of the country's Administrative divisions of Croatia, primary subdivisions, with Counties of Croatia, twenty counties. Other major urban centers include Split, Croatia, Split, Rijeka and Osijek. The country spans , and has a population of nearly 3.9 million. The Croats arrived in modern-day Croatia, then part of Illyria, Roman Illyria, in the late 6th century. By the 7th century, they had organized the territory into Duchy of Croatia, two duchies. Croatia was first internationally recognized as independent on 7 June 879 during the reign of Duke Branimir of Croatia, Branimir. Tomislav of Croatia, Tomis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
