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Hrašćina
Hrašćina is a municipality in the Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia. In the 2011 census, there were 1,617 inhabitants in the area, in the following naselja, settlements: * Domovec, population 98 * Donji Kraljevec, Krapina-Zagorje County, Donji Kraljevec, population 135 * Gornjaki, population 135 * Gornji Kraljevec, Krapina-Zagorje County, Gornji Kraljevec, population 353 * Hrašćina, population 104 * Husinec, Croatia, Husinec, population 108 * Jarek Habekov, population 171 * Maretić, Croatia, Maretić, population 152 * Trgovišće, population 69 * Vrbovo, Croatia, Vrbovo, population 292 In the same census, over 99% of the population were Croats. Hrašćina is known for the Hraschina meteorite. References Populated places in Krapina-Zagorje County Municipalities of Croatia {{KrapinaZagorje-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hraschina Meteorite
Hraschina is the official name of an iron meteorite that fell in 1751 near the village of Hrašćina in Hrvatsko Zagorje, Croatia. This meteorite is important because it was the first meteorite fall, fall of an iron meteorite viewed and reported by a significant number of witnesses, despite its low remaining total known weight. The Hraschina meteorite also proved that rocks really can "fall from the skies". History On 26 May 1751, at 18:00, a fireball was seen over Hrašćina and sounds like detonations were heard as far away as Varaždin, giving an estimate of nearly of area over which the meteorite's sound was audible. Many people taking their Sunday evening walk witnessed the event. Baltazar Adam Krčelić, a clergyman, historian, and a noted chronicler of daily events, who was spending time in the village of Biškupec Zelinski, Biškupec, recorded the following: Iron masses of and fell to the east of Hrašćina and were later recovered. The larger mass penetrated into t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krapina-Zagorje County
Krapina-Zagorje County (, ) is a county in northern Croatia, bordering Slovenia. It encompasses most of the historic region called Hrvatsko Zagorje. The area contains the excavation site of a 100,000-year-old Neanderthal man in caves near the central town of Krapina. The existence of Krapina itself has been verified since 1193, and it has been a common site for castles and other country houses of Croatian, Austrian and Hungarian rulers. Other towns of the county are Zabok, Pregrada, Zlatar, Oroslavje, Donja Stubica, Klanjec. The town of Stubica features another thermal spring, the Stubičke spa. Also in the area are the medieval castles Veliki Tabor, Miljana, Bežanec, Hellenbach, Milengrad etc. Krapina-Zagorje County borders on Varaždin County in the northeast, Zagreb County in the southwest and southeast, and the city of Zagreb in the south. The county contains many vineyards. 15% of the year, fog significantly lowers visibility in the area. Administrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croats
The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Croatia, culture, History of Croatia, history and Croatian language, language. They also form a sizeable minority in several neighboring countries, namely Croats of Slovenia, Slovenia, Burgenland Croats, Austria, the Croats in the Czech Republic, Czech Republic, Croats in Germany, Germany, Croats of Hungary, Hungary, Croats of Italy, Italy, Croats of Montenegro, Montenegro, Croats of Romania, Romania, Croats of Serbia, Serbia and Croats in Slovakia, Slovakia. Due to political, social and economic reasons, many Croats migrated to North and South America as well as New Zealand and later Australia, establishing a Croatian diaspora, diaspora in the aftermath of World War II, with grassroots assistance from earlier communities an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarek Habekov
Jarek is a Slavic male given name. It can be a nickname for the Polish name Jarosław. Notable people with this name include: * Jarek Broussard, American American football player * Jarek Dymek (born 1971), Polish strongman competitor * Jarek Goebel (born 1985), New Zealand Rugby player * Jarek Hardy, Canadian musician with The Johnstones * Jarek Kasar (born 1983), Estonian singer * Jarek Kolář (born 1977), Czech video game designer and producer * Jarek Kupsc (born 1966), Polish-American film director and screen writer * Jarek Lancaster (born 1990), American American football player * Jarek Molski, American disability rights campaigner * Jarek Nohavica or Jaromír Nohavica, Czech musician and poet * Jarek Pozarycki, Polish musician with Elgibbor * Jarek Srnensky (born 1963), Swiss tennis player * Jarek Śmietana (1951–2013), Polish jazz musician Fictional characters * Jarek, Mortal Kombat character See also * Engelbert Jarek Engelbert Erwin Jarek (7 June 1935 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Of Croatia
The counties of Croatia () are the first-level administrative divisions of Croatia, administrative subdivisions of the Croatia, Republic of Croatia. Since they were re-established in 1992, Croatia has been divided into 20 county, counties and the capital city of Zagreb, which has the authority and legal status of both a county and a list of cities and towns in Croatia, city (separate from the surrounding Zagreb County). As of 2015, the counties are subdivided into 128 cities and 428 (mostly rural) Municipalities of Croatia, municipalities. The divisions have changed over time since the Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102), medieval Croatian state. They reflected territorial losses and expansions; changes in the political status of Dalmatia, Republic of Ragusa, Dubrovnik and Istria; and political circumstances, including the Croatia in personal union with Hungary, personal union and subsequent development of relations between the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia and the Kingdom of Hungar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
