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Turopolje
Turopolje () is a region in Croatia situated between the capital city Zagreb and Sisak. The administrative center of the region Turopolje is the town of Velika Gorica. Geography Turopolje forms a part of Posavina, a region to the south of Zagreb bordering the right banks of the Sava river on the east, and the Vukomericke Gorice hills to the southwest. It extends across an alluvial plain 45 km in length and up to 23 km in width. The area of the region occupies an area of about 600 km2, with an average elevation of 110 m above sea level. Turopolje is divided into two halves by the river Odra and its tributary Lomnica. Etymology The name ''Turopolje'' stems from the Croatian and Old Slavic word ''Tur'', i.e. aurochs (''Bos primigenius''), a type of wild cattle present in the area during the Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velika Gorica
Velika Gorica (; meaning "Great Vineyard/Forest") is the largest and most populous city in Zagreb County, Croatia. According to the 2011 census the city itself has a population of 31,341, while the municipality has a population of 63,517 inhabitants. Velika Gorica is the centre of the historical Turopolje region. Franjo Tuđman Airport, the largest and busiest airport in Croatia, is located in the area of Velika Gorica. Name The name of the city consists of two words. The first one, "Velika", is an adjective, meaning ''big'' or ''great''. Second one is "Gorica", which is in standard Croatian diminutive of the word "gora", meaning ''hill''. But in local Kajkavian dialect, "gorica" means ''vineyard'', hence literally translated city's name is '' Great Vineyard'' or ''Big Vineyard''. That is because this area was wine producing since ancient times. Velika Gorica also has (or had) its names in other languages, notably Hungarian: Nagygoricza and German: Gross-Gorica. Geography The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turopolje Pig
The Turopolje pig ( hr, Turopoljska svinja) is a breed of pig named for Turopolje, Croatia, where it originates. This distinctive-looking swine, which has black spots on a white or grey skin with drooping ears, is very rare, and is likely nearing extinction. It is one of the older breeds of European pigs, though it may have had infusions of Berkshire or other bloodlines in the 19th century. Though it is relatively small and not fast growing, the breed is known for its hardiness under free range conditions. Once one of the most widespread swine in its native country, the change from extensive to intensive pig farming Intensive pig farming, also known as pig factory farming, is the primary method of pig production, in which grower pigs are housed indoors in group-housing or straw-lined sheds, whilst pregnant sows are housed in gestation crates or pens and g ... in the mid-20th century discouraged its use. References External links Carcass Composition of Turopolje PigTuro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Croatia
The Republic of Croatia is administratively organised into twenty counties, and is also traditionally divided into four historical and cultural regions: Croatia Proper, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia. These are further divided into other, smaller regions. Historical regions Smaller regions * Banovina (or Banija) is a region in central Croatia, situated between the rivers Sava, Una and Kupa. * Baranja forms a small enclave between the region of Slavonia and the Republic of Hungary, it lies in the north east of Croatia. The rest of the region known as Baranja is located in Hungary. *Croatian Littoral (''Hrvatsko primorje'') the maritime region of Croatia proper * Gorski kotar the region occupies the area between the major cities of Karlovac and Rijeka (a.k.a. ''Fiume''). The regions main city is Delnice. The river Kupa separates the region from the Republic of Slovenia in the north. *Konavle forms a small subregion of Dalmatia in the very south of Croatia and stretches fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level, above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city had a population of 767,131. The population of the Zagreb urban agglomeration is 1,071,150, approximately a quarter of the total population of Croatia. Zagreb is a city with a rich history dating from Roman Empire, Roman times. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Ščitarjevo. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol, Zagreb, Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851 Janko Kamauf became Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisak
Sisak (; hu, Sziszek ; also known by other alternative names) is a city in central Croatia, spanning the confluence of the Kupa, Sava and Odra rivers, southeast of the Croatian capital Zagreb, and is usually considered to be where the Posavina (Sava basin) begins, with an elevation of 99 m. The city's total population in 2011 was 47,768 of which 33,322 live in the urban settlement (naselje). Sisak is the administrative centre of the Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia's biggest river port and a centre of river shipping industry (Dunavski Lloyd). It lies on the D36 state road and the Zagreb-Sisak-Novska railway. Sisak is a regional economic, cultural and historical center. The largest oil refinery in Croatia is here. Name Prior to belonging to the Roman Empire, which gave it the Latin name Siscia, the region was Celtic and Illyrian and the city there was named Segestica or Segesta. Writers in Greek referred to the city as grc, Σισκία, Siskía, Σεγέστα ''Segésta' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vukojevac
Vukojevac is a village in the region of Turopolje south of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. It is situated on the eastern slopes of the Vukomeričke gorice hills and about halfway between Zagreb and Sisak adjacent to the road that connected the ancient Roman towns of Poetovio and Siscia. The village is divided into Gornji Vukojevac (Upper Vukojevac) with 75 residents and Donji Vukojevac (Lower Vukojevac) with 468 residents (2001). It is part of the Lekenik municipality of the Sisak-Moslavina County Sisak-Moslavina County ( hr, Sisačko-moslavačka županija) is a Croatian Counties of Croatia, county in eastern Central Croatia and southwestern Slavonia. It is named after the city of Sisak and the region Moslavina just across the river Sava. .... Populated places in Sisak-Moslavina County {{SisakMoslavina-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurochs
The aurochs (''Bos primigenius'') ( or ) is an extinct cattle species, considered to be the wild ancestor of modern domestic cattle. With a shoulder height of up to in bulls and in cows, it was one of the largest herbivores in the Holocene; it had massive elongated and broad horns that reached in length. The aurochs was part of the Pleistocene megafauna. It probably evolved in Asia and migrated west and north during warm interglacial periods. The oldest known aurochs fossils found in India and North Africa date to the Middle Pleistocene and in Europe to the Holstein interglacial. As indicated by fossil remains in Northern Europe, it reached Denmark and southern Sweden during the Holocene. The aurochs declined during the late Holocene due to habitat loss and hunting, and became extinct when the last individual died in 1627 in Jaktorów forest in Poland. The aurochs is depicted in Paleolithic cave paintings, Neolithic petroglyphs, Ancient Egyptian reliefs and Bronze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography Of Zagreb
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. The first recorded use of the word γεωγραφία was as a title of a book by Greek scholar Eratosthenes (276–194 BC). Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be. While geography is specific to Earth, many concepts can be applied more broadly to other celestial bodies in the field of planetary science. One such concept, the first law of geography, proposed by Waldo Tobler, is "everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things." Geography has been called "the world discipline" and "the bridge between the human and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralized authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages. The large-scale movements of the Migration Period, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. In the 7th century, North Africa and the Middle East—most recently part of the Eastern Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odra (Kupa)
Odra () is a river in central Croatia. It is long and its basin covers an area of . Its source is in the Žumberak mountain, southwest of Zagreb. It flows eastwards, passes south of Velika Gorica, then turns south-east, more or less parallel to the river Sava. It flows into the river Kupa near Odra Sisačka, just northeast of Sisak, also just before the Kupa joins the river Sava. The upper flow of Odra has been significantly altered by humans, by the digging of the long canal Sava-Odra(-Sava) south of Zagreb, as a measure against flooding (designed taking into account the maximum flows of 1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ..., 1973 and 1974, and first put to use in 1979). (includes English language summary) There are several etymologies suggested for the name " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lomnica
Lomnica () is a village in Despotovac municipality, in the Pomoravlje District of Serbia. Geography Lomnica is located 10 kilometers from the town of Despotovac and about 7 kilometers from Manasija Monastery. It is situated at (roughly) about 600 meters above sea level. It is the third largest village in the municipality (after villages Plažane and Veliki Popović). Population In 1953, the population of Lomnica was 770. In 2011, the population was recorded as 1284, with 324 total households. Features Near Lomnica is a small lake called Lomničko jezero, which is about 2 hectares in size for most of the year. The village has a part-time ambulance service with a doctor and nurse. It also has a modern football pitch with around 1,000 seats, along with other smaller football pitches and basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary obje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pot Grb
Pot may refer to: Containers * Flowerpot, a container in which plants are cultivated * Pottery, ceramic ware made by potters * A type of cookware Places * Ken Jones Aerodrome, IATA airport code POT * Palestinian Occupied Territories, the West Bank * Pontefract Tanshelf railway station, England; National Rail station code POT * Po Tat station, Hong Kong; MTR station code POT * Patterson Office Tower, a high-rise office building located at the University of Kentucky People * Cor Pot (born 1951), Dutch football manager and player * Philippe Pot (1428–1493), Burgundian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat * Pol Pot (1925–1998), leader of the communist Khmer Rouge in Kampuchea or Cambodia Art, entertainment, and media * ''Pot'' (novel), a 1981 novel by Nejc Zaplotnik * Pot (poker), the amount to be won * P.O.T., former Filipino rock band * "The Pot", a 2006 song by Tool Computing and technology * .pot, file extension for template files of gettext, the GNU localiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
