Adolf pl. Mošinsky (1843–1907) was a

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from 1892 to 1904. Mošinsky was born Adolphus Ignatius Joannes Nepomuk in

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. His father Ignatius was descended from the Nałęcz family of

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(whose original name was Moszyński). His mother was Maria Rohrer. He finished gymnasium at the

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in 1864, then continued his studies in

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and

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. In 1871 he married Justina Suplikatz (Šupljikac), with whom he had several children. He died in 1907 and is buried in

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. Mošinsky became mayor of Zagreb in 1892. One of his most important achievements was building the Zagreb

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from scratch and turning the Medveščak stream into an underground canal. During Mošinsky's term in office, many important cultural buildings such as the Croatian National Theater, the

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, and the

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were built. Mošinsky also saw the introduction of the Zagreb taxi, being the first passenger of driver Tadija Bartolović in 1901. By the end of Mošinsky's term in 1904, Zagreb had grown in size by 30 percent. After serving three consecutive terms, Mošinsky set a record in mayoring length (later to be broken by

Milan Bandić Milan Bandić (22 November 1955 – 28 February 2021) was a Croatian politician and the longest-serving mayor of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. Bandić was mayor almost continuously from 2000 to 2021, except during the time between his resignati ...

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