Matica hrvatska

Logo of Matica hrvatska

The Matica hrvatska ( Croatian for Croatian [bee] queen ), MH for short, is probably the most important Croatian cultural association .

history

Seat of Matica hrvatska in Zagreb

The Matica hrvatska was founded in 1842 based on the model of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Matice česká under the name Matica ilirska (until 1843) in Zagreb . It emerged from the Zagreb People's Reading Hall ( Narodna citaonica ) and the Society for Illyrian Language and Literature ( Drustvo za jezik ilirski i slovesnost ). Matica hrvatska was committed to Illyrism and aimed at promoting Croatian (Illyrian) literature. Her tasks were somewhere between those of a publishing house and an academy of science .

In the Austro-Hungarian monarchy , the Matica hrvatska fought for the cultural awareness and cultural emancipation of the South Slavs and represented the South Slavic culture against the Magyarization and Germanization tendencies of the monarchy. In Zadar a Dalmatian Matica was founded in 1849 and again in 1862, which merged with the Matica hrvatska in 1911. Before the Second World War , parts of the Matica hrvatska were not spared from nationalist and fascist tendencies. In socialist Yugoslavia , too , the cultural association initially remained after a reorientation. In 1971 , Matica hrvatska had to stop its activities because it had been committed to the Croatian language in the Croatian Spring . In 1991 it resumed its activity. The current president has been Stjepan Damjanović since 2014 .

Matica hrvatska published various magazines , including a. Kolo (Ronde, 1842 - 1853 ), Vijenac (The wreath, 1869 - 1903 ), Hrvatska revija (Croatian Revue, 1928 - 1945 ). Furthermore dictionaries and grammars .

Stjepan Damjanović , President 2014–2018

Stipe Botica , current president of MH

Janko Drašković (1842–1850)
Ambroz Vranyczany (1851-1857)
Ivan Mažuranić (1858–1872)
Matija Mesić (1872–1874)
Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski (1874-1889)
Tadija Smičiklas (1889–1901)
Ivan Trnski (1901–1902)
Đuro Arnold (1902–1909)
Oton Kučera (1909-1917)
Krsto Pavletić (1917-1919)
Fran Tućan (1919-1920)
Dragutin Domjanić (1920–1927)
Albert Bazala (1927–1928)
Filip Lukas (1928-1945)
Mihovil Nikolić (1945–1950)
Gustav Krklec (1950–1954)
Jakša Ravlić (1954–1968)
Hrvoje Iveković (1968–1970)
Ljudevit Jonke (1970–1971)
banned 1972–1989
Petar Šegedin (1990)
Vlado Gotovac (1990-1996)
Josip Bratulić (1996-2002)
Igor Zidić (2002-2014)
Stjepan Damjanović (2014-2018)
Stipe Botica (since 2018)

↑ Izvještaj o kontroli zakonitosti rada Matice hrvatske . Matica hrvatska, Zagreb 2002, ISBN 953-150-657-4 ( matica.hr ).