Čigoć

Čigoć
Coordinates: 45 ° 25 ′ 25 ″  N , 16 ° 38 ′ 54 ″  E
Basic data
State :	Croatia
County :	Sisak-Moslavina
Municipality :	Sisak
Telephone code :	(+385) 044
Postal code :	44 203
License plate :	SK
Structure and administration
Community type :	settlement

The village of Čigoć is known throughout Europe for its large stork population

Čigoć [ ˈtʃiɡɔtɕ ] is a village in Posavina in Croatia . Čigoć has around 124 inhabitants and belongs to the municipality of Sisak . The village is located in the Lonjsko Polje Nature Park in Western Slavonia . The village on the Save plain is particularly known for its large stork population and was named the European stork village in 1994 .

The few inhabitants of Čigoć, mainly elderly, devote themselves to cattle breeding and traditional agriculture. Such management attracts numerous white storks, which then build their nests nearby.

Stork statistics

Stork pairs: 39 pairs and 54 young storks (dry year 2003), 45 (2000), 41 (1999), 44 pairs and 188 young storks (wet year 1988), 31 (1968)

Eerie up: wooden houses

Stork Festival: March 19th ( St. Joseph ) for the arrival of the storks. Every year at the end of June the festival Štrokovo (Stork Day) is celebrated as a reminder of the award of the title of European Stork Village .

Measures: Preservation of old breeds of domestic animals, information center Special features: In 1988 the best breeding success in Europe with an average of 4.3 cubs per pair, the Tourist Association Turistička družba Čigoć is committed to the protection of storks

Partners: Lonjsko Polje Nature Park , Nature Conservation Agency

Natural and cultural heritage

The extensive pastures, which are grazed with old domestic animal breeds adapted to the landscape, such as the Hrvatski Posavac horse breed, Turopolje pigs and the Slavonian gray cattle, are a unique natural and cultural heritage.

Today in Čigoć there are about 70 wooden houses in the style of the interesting architecture of the Posavina area, which are protected as cultural monuments. The entire village therefore represents an ethnological locality for the entire region.

literature

Kai Althoetmar: In Adebar's realm. Čigoć in Croatia's Sava meadows is Europe's stork village par excellence and an ark of ancient domestic breeds. The future of the place lies in the past. In: Landwirtschaftliche Zeitschrift Rheinland, 182nd volume 2015, issue 35 of August 27, 2015, pp. 62–63.

Web links

• Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, article on Čigoć (English)
• EuroNatur: List of European stork villages (English)