neighbourhood
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in the western part of
Zagreb
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Stenjevec
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district.
Špansko consists of two parts (two independent local councils), Špansko-sjever (Špansko North) and Špansko-jug (Špansko South) which are separated by Antun Šoljan Street.
There are two Catholic parishes in Špansko: parish of
Our Lady of Sorrows
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and Ivan Merz.
Postal code of the neighbourhood is 10090.
Etymology
The name ''Špansko'' derives from the word ''špan'', that in
Duchy of Pannonian Croatia
Early Slavs settled in the eastern and southern parts of the former Roman province of Pannonia. The term ''Lower Pannonia'', was used to designate those areas of the Pannonian Plain that lie to the east and south of the river Rába, with the ...
medieval
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serf
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s. The word is of Croatian origin (župan > žpan), but was modified by both Hungarian (''ispan'') and
Croatian language
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(ispan > span > špan). ''Špansko'' is administrative area of a certain ''špan'', his tax-collecting area.
The first known
toponym
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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.
brigade
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s from
Homeland War
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. Špansko has three
elementary school
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s (
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 Hrvatsk ...
, Tituš Brezovački and Špansko Oranice Elementary school), two of which are named by noted Croatian writers. The central square in the neighbourhood is named after
Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski
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with the Park of the Croatian volunteers (defenders) of the Homeland War.
Ivanka Brađašević worked as a librarian in the Ante Kovačić Elementary school.
There are two
public libraries
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handball
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at
physical education
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classes.
Vedran Zrnić
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