Zabok

Zabok
coat of arms
Coordinates: 46 ° 1 ′ 46 ″  N , 15 ° 54 ′ 54 ″  E
Basic data
State :	Croatia
County :	Krapina-Zagorje
Height :	186  m. i. J.
Area :	34  km²
Residents :	8,994 (2011)
Population density :	265 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+385) 049
Postal code :	49210
License plate :	KR
Structure and administration (status: 2013, cf. )
Community type :	city
Mayor :	Ivan Hanžek ( SDP )
Website :	www.zabok.hr
City center

Zabok is a city in Croatia . It is located in the northwest of Croatia in the region Zagorje and has 8,994 inhabitants (census 2011 ), mainly Croats . The city belongs to the Krapina-Zagorje County .

geography

The city is located about 30 km northwest of the capital Zagreb and is traversed by the Krapinica River. The city name " Zabok " means "after the river bend".

Station before renovation and electrification

Today the city has a connection to the Croatian A2 motorway (km 35) as well as to the national roads D1 , D24 , D205 , D307 and is the regional junction of the Croatian railway network on the Zagreb - Varaždin - Čakovec route.

Zabok is located in the Zagorje-Međimurje wine-growing sub-region , where mainly Riesling and Graševina (white wines) are grown.

history

It was first mentioned in a document in 1335, when King Charles I of Hungary transferred the settlement to Petar, son of Nuzlin. Since then, the Nuzlin family has been called de Zabok and has been called " Zaboky de Zabok" since the 15th century .

From 1782 Sigismund Vojković von Vojkffy , former commander of the Banal Hussar Regiment , had a church built in Zabok, which was completed in 1805. With the abolition of serfdom, formerly unfree peasants could settle at the place of their choice. This resulted in a settlement of the area between Gredice and Bračak , with a settlement core forming around the church. Until 1918 the place belonged to the Hungarian Varasdin County . It was only after the Second World War that the city reached its present-day expansion, when the local area expanded north parallel to the railway line.

local community

The municipality of Zabok comprises 17 localities:

Bračak Bregi Zabočki Dubrava Zabočka Grabrovec Grdenci Gubaševo Hum Zabočki Jakuševec Zabočki Lug Zabočki

Martinišće Pavlovec Zabočki Prosenik Gubaševski Prosenik Začretski Repovec Špičkovina Tisanić Jarek Zabok

Culture and sights

The interesting buildings in the city include the Church of St. Helena (1805) and the Chapel of St. Antonius. The Gjalski Palace and the Bračak Palace also exist in the city .

In Zabok there are monuments to the Croatian poets Antun Gustav Matoš and Katarina Zrinska Frankopan .

Sports

Located in the city is the KK Zabok , a basketball club that plays in the first Croatian league.

Personalities

• Rade Marković , writer, died in Zabok in 2010
• Marko Kolar , Croatian soccer player, born 1995 in Zabok

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.totalportal.hr/article.php?article_id=145286 (link not available)
2. ↑ Otkriven spomenik Katarini Zrinski Frankopan ( Memento from May 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive )