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Špansko
Špansko Oranice. Špansko is a neighbourhood in the western part of Zagreb, Croatia. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. žpan), but was modified by both Hungarian (''ispan'') and Croatian language (ispan > span > špan). ''Špansko'' is administrative area of a certain ''špan'', his tax-collecting area. The first known toponym of Špansko is Lonka (1242), which was later modified into Lonka Superior ("Upper Lonka", 1346). The first mention of the "Špansko" is Lwka Špani toponym from the year of 1598. Population Tituš Brezovački Elementary school has the greatest number of pupils in Zagreb. Culture Špansko is known as a "neighbourhood of Croatian poets and warriors" due to its street naming, dominantly by poets and writers ( Dragutin Domjanić, Josip Pupačić, Vid Došen, Antun Šoljan, Drago Gervais), as well as Croatian brigades from Homeland War. Špansko has three elementary schools (Ante Kovačić, Tituš Brezovački and Špansko Oranice Elementary school), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NK Špansko
NK Špansko is a Croatian football club based in the city 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, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ..., founded in 1958. It used to be one of the strongest second division teams in Croatia, but as of 2021/22 was playing in the fourth Croatian league. Colors and club badge NK Špansko colors are red and white. Red uniforms are usually for home matches. External linksNK Španskoat '' Nogometni magazin'' References Football clubs in Croatia Association football clubs established in 1958 Football clubs in Zagreb 1958 establishments in Croatia {{croatia-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Lady Of Sorrows
Our Lady of Sorrows (), Our Lady of Dolours, the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows (), and Our Lady of Piety, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours are Titles of Mary, names by which Mary, mother of Jesus, is referred to in relation to sorrows in life. As ', it is also a key subject for Marian art in the Catholic Church. The Seven Sorrows of Mary are a popular religious theme and a Catholic devotions, Catholic devotion. In common imagery, the Virgin Mary is portrayed sorrowful and in tears, with one or seven swords piercing her heart, iconography based on the prophecy of Simeon (Gospel of Luke), Simeon in Luke 2:34–35. Pious practices in reference to this title include the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows, Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows, s:St. Vincent's Manual/The Seven Principal Dolors of the Blessed Virgin, the Seven Principal Dolors of the Blessed Virgin, the s:Mary, help of Christians/Novena 4: In Honor of the Seven Sorrows of Mary, Novena in Honor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Merz
Ivan Merz (16 December 1896 − 10 May 1928) was a Catholic layman from Bosnia and important supporter of the Catholic Church in Croatia. Merz promoted the Liturgical Movement in Croatia and together with Ivo Protulipac, he established a movement for the young people, ''Hrvatski orlovski savez'' ("The Croatian Union of the Eagles"), inspired by the Eucharistic Crusade, which he had encountered in France. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003. Life Ivan Merz was born in Banja Luka, Bosnia, on 16 December 1896. Merz entered military service for Austro-Hungarian Army as a young adult, completed it after three months and began studying in Vienna in 1915. During the First World War he was drafted into the army and fought on the Italian front. After the World War, Merz devoted himself entirely to serving in the Roman Catholic Church and took a vow of chastity. In October 1920, Merz went to Paris and studied at the Sorbonne and the Institut Catholique de Paris. In 1923 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stenjevec
Stenjevec is one of the districts of Zagreb, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze .... It is located in the western part of the city and has 61 000 inhabitants (as of 2011). List of neighborhoods in Stenjevec * Jankomir * Malešnica * Donja Kustošija * Stenjevec * Špansko * Vrapče-jug References Districts of Zagreb {{ZagrebCity-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivanka Brađašević
Ivanka Brađašević is a contemporary Croats, Croatian poet, writer and librarian. Brađašević was born in 1955 in Nova Kapela, Brod-Posavina County, Nova Kapela near Slavonski Brod. She graduated Croatian language, Croatian literature and librarianship at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb.Popović, Branka (2020)''Knjižnica u školi za život''Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, p. 37. She worked as a professor and librarian both in Labin and Zagreb. She collaborated with Stjepan Lice, Sonja Tomić, Željka Horvat-Vukelja and other prominent Croatian writers of Catholic orientation. Her works were published in ''Zagorski list'', ''Zvonik'', ''Križ života'', ''Kapelanija MUP-a'', as well as by the Press agency of the Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Katolici na internetu" and many other Catholic media. Brađašević was awarded several times by the Ministry of Tourism (Croatia), Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski
Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski (; 29 May 1816 – 1 August 1889) was a Croatian historian, politician, and writer, most famous for delivering the first speech in Croatian before Parliament. Considered a renowned patriot, Kukuljević was a proponent of Illyrian movement and avid collector of historical documents, primarily those for his work in Croatian historiography and bibliography. Early life Kukuljević was born in Maruševec near Varaždin. His family originates from Rama in Bosnia (region), Bosnia. He was also a distant relative of Grgo Martić, a Bosnian Franciscan. Kukuljević completed his secondary education in Gymnasium (school), gymnasiums in his hometown and in Zagreb. He went to the Military Academy of Krems an der Donau, Krems. As a student, Kukuljević started writing in German language, German. In 1833, he joined the army and became an officer in Vienna three years later. He met Ljudevit Gaj and joined the Illyrian movement in 1837. He was ordered to move to Mila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tituš Brezovački
Tituš Brezovački (January 4, 1757 – October 29, 1805) was a Croatian playwright, satirist and poet. Brezovački, as the great comedian of the period, wrote all of his dramatic works in Kajkavian dialect. His poems were chiefly written in German and Latin, but few of them have also been preserved in Ijekavian Štokavian, as if predicting the path of Croatian national revival. Biography He was born in Zagreb, schooled in Zagreb and Varaždin, and in 1774 he entered the Pauline Order. He initiated the study of theology in 1776 in Lepoglava, and afterwards graduated philosophy and theology in Pest. He was ordained in 1781, serving as a gymnasium professor in Varaždin henceforth. In 1785 the Pauline Order was abolished, causing Brezovački to become a common priest. His disputes with clergy and the bishop Maksimilijan Vrhovac had often forced him to relocate, changing parishes (Varaždin, Križevci, Rakovac, Zagreb, Krapina, Požega, Zagreb). He wrote his first known wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Library
A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil service, civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics shared by public libraries: # they are generally supported by taxes (usually local, though any level of government can and may contribute); # they are governed by a board to serve the public interest; # they are open to all, and every community member can access the collection; # they are entirely voluntary, no one is ever forced to use the services provided; and # they provide library and information services without charge. Public libraries exist in many countries across the world and are often considered an essential part of having an educated and literate population. Public libraries are distinct from research library, research libraries, school library, school libraries, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Naming
A street name is an identifying name given to a street or road. In toponymic terminology, names of streets and roads are referred to as odonyms or hodonyms (from Ancient Greek 'road', and 'name', i.e., the Doric Greek, Doric and Aeolic Greek, Aeolic form of 'name'). The street name usually forms part of the address (geography), address (though addresses in some parts of the world, notably most of Japanese addressing system, Japan, make no reference to street names). Buildings are often given House numbering, numbers along the street to further help identify them. Odonymy is the study of road names. Names are often given in a two-part form: an individual name known as the ''specific'', and an indicator of the type of street, known as the ''generic''. Examples are "Main Road", "Fleet Street" and "Park Avenue". The type of street stated, however, can sometimes be misleading: a street named "Park Avenue" need not have the characteristics of an avenue (landscape), avenue in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ante Kovačić
Antun "Ante" Kovačić (June 6, 1854 – March 10, 1889) was a Croatian writer who is best known for his magnum opus work '':hr:U registraturi, U registraturi''. Biography Early life Born to a family of Croats, Croatian peasants in Hrvatsko Zagorje, Kovačić made his way through law school to become an Attorney at law, attorney. He was born in Celine Goričke, a village near Marija Gorica. His parents were Ana Vugrinec and Ivan Kovačić (1826–1906). They were married in Marija Gorica. Ivan was also called Janko and dreamed that Ante would become a priest. In 1857, Ante and his parents went to Oplaznik. Later life Kovačić began to write in 1875. While his early works have Romanticism, Romantic tendencies, in later years he was influenced by Literary realism, Realist literature. His stories and novels often had strong Satire, satiric overtones and represent harsh criticism to injustice in Croatian society of his time. One of his novels, ''Među žabari'', remained u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elementary School
A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age). Primary schooling follows preschool and precedes secondary schooling. The International Standard Classification of Education considers primary education as a single phase where programmes are typically designed to provide fundamental skills in reading, writing, and mathematics and to establish a solid foundation for learning. This is ISCED Level 1: Primary education or first stage of basic education.Annex III in the ISCED 2011 English.pdf Navigate to International St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian War Of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croats, Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared Independence of Croatia, independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serbs, Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and Serbs of Croatia, local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat operations by 1992. A majority of Croats supported Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia, while many ethnic Serbs living in Croatia, supported by Republic of Serbia (1992–2006), Serbia, opposed the secession and advocated Serb-claimed lands to be in a common state with Serbia. Most Serbs sought a new Serb state within a Yugoslav federation, including areas of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina with ethnic Serb majorities or significant minorities, and attempted to conquer as muc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
