Opeka arboretum

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Opeka arboretum

The Arboretum Opeka is located in northern Croatia , about 15 kilometers west of the city of Varaždin , in the municipality of Vinica . It is one of the three Croatian arboretums that exist today ; the other two are the Trsteno and Lisičine Arboretum near Voćin in western Slavonia .

The Arboretum Opeka is the largest arboretum in Croatia with an area of ​​65 hectares. It surrounds the same name, under the wooded mountains Macelj lying, Castle Opeka .

The founder of the arboretum in 1860 was Count Marko von Bombelles , a globetrotting aristocrat. He brought a large number of exotic trees and plants from all over the world and established a park around the castle. It remained in the possession of the Bombelles family until 1945 and was looked after by state institutions after the Second World War. Today the facility is managed and maintained by the local agricultural and veterinary school.

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Coordinates: 46 ° 19 ′ 31.5 ″  N , 16 ° 8 ′ 56.8 ″  E