Maksimir () is one of the districts of

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 slop ...

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, population 48,902 (2011 census).

Maksimir stadium Maksimir Stadium ( hr, Stadion Maksimir, ) is a multi-use stadium in Zagreb, Croatia. It takes its name from the surrounding neighbourhood of Maksimir. The venue is primarily the home of Dinamo Zagreb, the top club of the country with 23 league ...

and

Maksimir Park Maksimir Park is the oldest public park in Zagreb, Croatia. It forms part of the city's cultural heritage and is a habitat for many different plant and animal species. History Founded in 1787, Maksimir Park was the first large public park in S ...

are located in it. It was named for Bishop

Maksimilijan Vrhovac Maksimilijan Vrhovac (23 November 1752 in Karlovac – 16 December 1827 in Zagreb) was the bishop of Zagreb. He was one of the ideological architects of the Croatian national revival, and is notable for founding the Maksimir Park in 1787, one of th ...

. The urban center of the Maksimir district is located around the Maksimirska street, which is an area of dense commercial and residential usage. It spans from the

Kvaternik Square Eugen Kvaternik Square ( hr, Trg Eugena Kvaternika, also known as ''Kvaternikov trg'' or nicknamed ''Kvaternjak'' or ''Kvatrić'' by locals) is a square located on the border between Maksimir, Gornji Grad - Medveščak and Donji grad (Zagreb), Don ...

, located on the southwestern border of the district, to the intersection of Maksimirska, Bukovačka and Svetice streets, which leads to the entrances to both the Maksimir park and the Maksimir stadium. The southeastern part of the district is a lowland that includes the

and a large residential area best known as Ravnice (lit. "plains"). A substantial area in the east of the district is part of the

, one of the biggest parks in Zagreb. It also contains the

Zagreb Zoo Zagreb Zoo ( hr, Zoološki vrt Grada Zagreba) is a zoo located within Maksimir Park in Zagreb, Croatia and is across the street from Zagreb's Maksimir Stadium. It is one of three zoo parks in the country. Zagreb Zoo is a member of both the Eur ...

, which is the second-largest in Croatia; and five

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

s, called the Maksimir lakes. The central part of the district is mostly residential, with the notable exception of the large campus of the

University Hospital Centre Zagreb The University Hospital Centre (sometimes also Clinical Hospital Centre, hr, Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb, KBC) in Zagreb, Croatia, is the largest hospital in Croatia and the teaching hospital of the University of Zagreb. It serves most of Ce ...

. The northern parts of the district are hilly, residential areas, with no high-rise buildings. The district is bordered by Gornji Grad - Medveščak to the east,

Donji grad Donji grad ("Lower Town") may refer to: * Donji grad, Zagreb, Croatia * Donji grad, Osijek, Croatia * Donji Grad, Zemun, Serbia See also * Gornji Grad (disambiguation) * Stari Grad (disambiguation) * Novi Grad (disambiguation) * Grad (toponymy) ...

to the southeast, Pešćenica to the south, Dubrava to the west, and

Podsljeme Podsljeme () is a city district situated in the foothills of Zagreb's mountain Medvednica and its name stands for "under Sljeme" (Sljeme is the peak of the Medvednica Medvednica () is a mountain in central Croatia, just north of Zagreb, and ...

to the north.

List of neighborhoods in Maksimir

Maksimir is subdivided into 11 sections ('): * Bukovac * "Dinko Šimunović" * Dobri dol *

Dotrščina Dotrščina is a forest park in the northeast of Zagreb, Croatia. It is a protected area as the Dotrščina Memorial Cemetery and Park of the Revolution, because it is the historical site of mass executions in World War II. It is located north of ...

* "Eugen Kvaternik" * Kozjak * Maksimir * Maksimirska naselja * Mašićeva * Remete * Laščinska cesta * Ružmarinka

References

External links

City of Zagreb - District of Maksimir
Districts of Zagreb {{ZagrebCity-geo-stub