Samobor

Samobor
coat of arms
Coordinates: 45 ° 48 ′ 2 "  N , 15 ° 42 ′ 56"  E
Basic data
State :	Croatia
County :	Zagreb
Height :	158.31  m. i. J.
Area :	250.73  km²
Residents :	37,633 (2011)
Population density :	150 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+385) 01
Postal code :	10 430
License plate :	ZG
Structure and administration (status: 2013, cf. )
Community type :	city
Structure :	77 settlements
Mayor :	Krešo Beljak ( HSS )
Postal address :	Trg kralja Tomislava 5 10430 Samobor
Website :	www.samobor.hr
Others
Patron saint :	Anna
City Festival :	July 26th
View of the market square of Samobor

Church of St. Anastasia seen from the market square

"Angelus beatus" and the wooden city bridge

The Samobor castle ruins

Old bridge over the Gradna river

Livadić Castle - today Samobor City Museum

Samobor is a town in Croatia in the Zagreb County and was first mentioned in 1242 .

history

Samobor received the rights of a "Free Royal City" from King Béla IV (Hungary) as early as 1242. After the Treaty of Karlowitz from 1699, "Szamobor" fell to the Habsburg monarchy and became part of Transleithanien . After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, Samobor became part of the Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia until the end of the First World War .

In the city existed during the Second World War the collection camp Samobor .

geography

Samobor is located at the foot of the Žumberak-Samoborsko gorje nature park near the Slovenian border and on the small Gradna river and the Save .

The highest point of the city is in Dragonoš at 742 m above sea level. NN.

climate

Medium temperature:	10.9 ° C
Coldest month:	January (average 0.2 ° C)
Warmest month:	July (average 21.1 ° C)
Highest noted temperature:	37.0 ° C (July 1983 and August 1993)
Lowest noted temperature:	−25.6 ° C (January 1985)
Annual precipitation average:	1078.6 mm (89.88 mm monthly)
Rainiest day:	in October 1983 (84.2 mm)
Largest amount of snow in a month:	in March 1986 (66 cm)
Annual average of the cloudless days:	52.8 days
Average cloudless month:	August (8.4 cloudless days)
Most clear year:	1992 (85 cloudless days)
Cloudless month:	October 1992 (20 cloudless days)
Annual average of cloudy days:	113.3 days
Average cloudiest month:	December (16.2 cloudy days)
Cloudiest year:	1996 (165 cloudy days)
Cloudiest Month:	January 1996 and January 1997 (28 cloudy days)

Cities and villages in the larger municipality

The city Samobor include 77 communities in: Beder , Bobovica , Braslovje , Bratelji , Bregana , Breganica , Brezovac Žumberački , Budinjak , Bukovje Podvrško , Celine Samoborske , Cerje Samoborsko , Cerovica , Dane , Dolec Podokićki , Domaslovec , Draganje Selo , Dragonoš , Drežnik Podokićki , Dubrava Samoborska , Falašćak , Farkaševec Samoborski , Galgovo , Little Doves , Gornja Vas , Gradna , Grdanjci , Gregurić Breg , Hrastina Samoborska , Jarušje , Javorek , Kladje , Klake , Klokočevec Samoborski , Konšćica , Kostanjevec Podvrški , Kotari , Kravljak , Lug Samoborski , Mala Jazbina , Mala Rakovica , Mali Lipovec , Manja Vas , Medsave , Molvice , Noršić Selo , Novo Selo Žumberačko , Osredek Žumberački , Osunja , Otruševec , Pavučnjak , Petkov Breg , Podgrađe Podokićko , Podvrh , Poklek , Rakov Potok , Rude , Samobor, Samoborski Otok , Savršćak , Selce Žumberačko , Sječevac , Slani Dol , Slapnica , Slavagora , Smerovišće , Stojdraga , Sveti Martin pod Okićem , Šimraki , Šipački Breg , Tiso vac Žumberački , Velika Jazbina , Velika Rakovica , Veliki Lipovec , Višnjevec Podvrški , Vratnik Samoborski , Vrbovec Samoborski and Vrhovčak .

Population development

The first population census took place in 1857.

year Residents 1857 13,690 1869 15,226 1880 16,548 1890 18.607 1900 18,783 1910 20,275 1921 19,806 1931 21,953

year Residents 1948 23,821 1953 25,451 1961 27,103 1971 28,469 1981 32,887 1991 35,017 2001 36.206 2011 37,633

traffic

The bus station of the city of Samobor ( Autobusni kolodvor Samobor ), which used to be a few hundred meters north of the centrally located Trg Kralja Tomislava ( King Tomislav Square ), was replaced in 2012 by a new, oversized bus station on the northern outskirts, about one kilometer from the city center. From there there are numerous regional bus connections to Zagreb as well as to surrounding cities and municipalities, but also national long-distance connections (in particular to and from Rijeka and Dalmatia ).

The A3 motorway , which connects Zagreb with Ljubljana, runs north of the city center . The exit closest to the city center is in Sveta Nedelja , another in the Bobovica municipality, which is part of Samobor .

Samobor does not have its own railway connection. The closest long-distance train station, Zagreb Central Station, is around 20 km away, while the closest train stations in Brdovec and Zaprešić are only served by Croatian Railways regional services.

From 1901 to 1979 a narrow-gauge railway (Bosnian gauge, 760 mm) operated between Zagreb and Samobor. Most of the route has been preserved. There are efforts to rebuild this railway.

The Zagreb airport is 30 km away.

Town twinning

Samobor maintains the following cities a twinning :

	Wirges , Germany (since 1974)
	Veles , Macedonia (since 1977)
	Stari Grad , Croatia (since 1996)
	Pécs , Hungary (since 2000)
	Chassieu, France (since 2007)
	Parabiago , Italy (since 2010, contacts since 1966)

Sports

• NK Samobor

Personalities

• Ferdo Livadić , composer

Successful athletes

• Nika Fleiss (Alpine skiing)
• Zrinka Ivanušević (athletics)
• Iva Viktorija Šoštarić (tennis)
• Željko Vitko (soccer)
• Katarina Vukovic (Judo)
• Helena Vukovic (Judo)
• Lara Zvjetko (Judo)

Web links

Commons : Samobor  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the city (Croatian)
• Information for tourists (Croatian, English)
• Brief city information and city map (German)
• City information with links to companies in Samobor and tourist information, manufacturers in Samobor and shops in Samobor (Croatian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Treasures of Yugoslavia states “granted free trading rights before 1242”.
2. ↑ Samoborček turist doo: Vozni red. Samoborček turist doo, accessed on July 28, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Grad Samobor: Gradovi prijatelji. (No longer available online.) City of Samobor, archived from the original on July 29, 2012 ; Retrieved July 28, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.