Kaštela

Kaštela
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Coordinates: 43 ° 32 ′ 54 ″  N , 16 ° 20 ′ 18 ″  E
Basic data
State :	Croatia
County :	Split-Dalmatia
Height :	0  m. i. J.
Area :	57.67  km²
Residents :	38,667 (2011)
Population density :	670 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+385) 021
Postal code :	21 212
License plate :	ST
Structure and administration (as of 2017)
Community type :	city
Mayor :	Denis Ivanovic ( HDZ )
Postal address :	Braće Radić 1 21212 Kaštel Sućurac
Website :	www.kastela.hr

Kaštel Stari (2005)

An approximately 1500 year old olive tree in Kaštela

Kaštela [ kaʃˈtɛla ] is a town in Croatia with 38,667 inhabitants (2011 census).

The city is located on the coast of central Dalmatia between Trogir and Split . In the 15th and 16th centuries , 13 forts were built on the 16 km long coastal strip , which should serve to ward off attacks by the Turks. In the course of time, places developed around these forts, which today form the town of Kaštela and gave it its name.

Seven of the 13 castles are still preserved: Kaštel Štafilić, Kaštel Novi, Kaštel Stari, Kaštel Lukšić, Kaštel Kambelovac, Kaštel Gomilica, Kaštel Sućurac

The coastal section is climatically protected by the Kozjak Mountains. In the hinterland of the settlements there are many fields where fruits, olives, vines and vegetables are grown. Kaštela is also a tourist center and a popular destination for the residents of Split . The international airport of Split is also located here .

Twin cities

• Lindlar , Germany
• Königgrätz , Czech Republic
• Pszczyna , Poland
• Kupres , Bosnia-Herzegovina

Districts

Kaštel Štafilić

Kaštel Štafilić is the westernmost and closest district to Trogir . It has 3,042 inhabitants (as of 2011) and is 17.5 km away from Split . The name goes back to Stjepan Stafileo from Trogir, who had the fort with a defense tower built.

Attractions

• Fort or tower "Rotondo", built in 1508
• 1,500 year old olive tree ( Olea europaea )
• "Nehaj" tower
• Archaeological finds in Resnik

Tourism is the main source of income. A long pebble beach stretches to the west.

Kaštel Novi

The name Kaštel Novi (“New Castle”) goes back to the construction of the massive, free-standing Cippico / Ćipiko Tower 35 years after the construction of the Kaštel Stari (“Old Castle”).

Kaštel Novi has 6,411 inhabitants (as of 2011). It is the second Kaštel from the direction of Trogir and approx. 17 km from Split.

Attractions

• Cippico / Ćipiko tower, built in 1512 by Pavao Antun Cippico / Pavlo Ćipiko, a nephew of the Trogir nobleman Koriola Cippico / Ćipiko.
• Renaissance Church of Sv. Roc (St. Rochus), 1586
• City loggia
• "Biblical Garden" Stomorije : Many plants that are mentioned in the Bible grow here. Works by Croatian artists are also exhibited there.

Personalities - sons and daughters of the place

• Ivo Ćipiko , Serbian writer
• Marin Studin (1895–1960), artist
• Ivica Vastić (* 1969), Austrian football player (born Croatian)
• Pavao Žanić (1918–2000), Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje-Mrkan) .

Kaštel Stari

Kaštel Stari, Kaštel Novi and Kaštel Štafilić seen from Malačka

Kaštel Stari has 7,052 inhabitants (as of 2011) and is located approx. 16 km from Split on the Knin – Split railway line .

Attractions

• Ćipiko Castle with its main square, where the vegetable and fruit market and a fish market take place every day.
• Church of Sv. Juraj (St. George), 11th century, tiny church, one of the finest examples of early medieval church architecture in Croatia
• Baroque Church of St. John the Baptist (1723)

Train accident in 2009

On July 24, 2009, near the Kaštel Stari station, the ICN 521, a tilting train , derailed in a tight curve at excessive speed. Six dead and 40 injured were the result. The reason was that immediately before the train crashed on the route, the wooden sleepers of the train had been sprayed with fire retardant, but the rails had also been sprayed. An oil film formed on these, which prevented the train of the accident from braking to the permissible speed before the curve. It took 11 days to clean the rails again.

Kaštel Lukšić

Kaštel Lukšić has 5,425 inhabitants (as of 2011).

Attractions

• One of the special sights is the Vitturi Castle, built at the end of the 15th century on an islet near the shore. Place of the legend of Miljenko Rusinic and Dobrila Vitturi, now a museum.
• Botanical Garden
• In Kaštel Lukšić there is one of the largest cacti in Europe on a house.
• Church of Gospino uznesenje, 1515, with sarcophagus of Archbishop Amir of Split

Kaštel Kambelovac

Kaštel Kambelovac has 5,027 inhabitants (as of 2011). The place was named after the Cambi family from Split, who had several fortresses built here. The center of the complex is a palace with a round tower and balcony.

In 1911 the Cambi family built the “Baletna škola” (ballet school) villa, initially as a holiday home. After the Second World War, Ana Roje and Oskar Harmos opened the first ballet school in Dalmatia here. Today the building is used as a music school.

Kaštel Gomilica

Kaštel Gomilica has 4,881 inhabitants (as of 2011). Benedictine nuns from Split built the Romanesque church of Sv. Kozma i Damjan. The fort was built at the beginning of the 16th century on a rock in front of it and was connected to the mainland by a drawbridge.

Kaštel Sućurac

Cement factory "Sv. Juraj"

Kaštel Sućurac is the closest district to Split and has 6,829 inhabitants (as of 2011). The Sućurac castle is considered to be the oldest and best preserved. The first fortress tower was built in 1392, the complex was later expanded several times.

Due to the large factories located here (former Jugovinil chemical factory and Dalmacija Cement cement factory , today Sv. Juraj ), Kaštel Sućurac is more of an industrial suburb of Split. It is still not very well developed for tourism.

Honorary citizen

• 1996 Bruno Kresing (born September 5, 1929 in Hamm / Westphalia), emeritus vicar general of the Archdiocese of Paderborn

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.dzs.hr/Eng/censuses/census2011/results/htm/E01_01_01/e01_01_01_zup17_1813.html
2. ↑ Marin Studin Collection at the Museum Kaštela
3. ↑ Time for Carinthia . Official Carinthian regional magazine, No. 3 / June 2008.
4. ↑ bac / an: Serious train accident in Dalmatia . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International 10/2009, p. 494. zug-und-eisenbahn.blogspot.com
5. ↑ http://www.kastela.org/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3507:pocela-sanacija-baletne-skole&catid=23:aktualnosti&Itemid=5

Web links

Commons : Kaštela  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Kaštela (Croatian)
• Kastela Tourism Association (German)