Garešnica is a town in

Bjelovar-Bilogora County Bjelovar-Bilogora County (; ) is a Counties of Croatia, county in central Croatia. The central city of Bjelovar was first mentioned in 1413, and it only gained importance when a new fort was built in 1756 to defend against the Ottoman Empire, O ...

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. It is located in the geographical region of

Moslavina Moslavina (), also known as Monoszló in Hungarian, is a microregion in Croatia centered on the central mountain of Moslavačka gora. It is administratively divided by the counties of Zagreb, Sisak-Moslavina and Bjelovar-Bilogora. The main cit ...

. There are a total of 10,472 inhabitants, of whom 85% are

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. Garešnica is located in central Croatia at the foot of

Moslavačka gora Moslavačka Gora is a small mountain located in Central Croatia at the borders of Bjelovar-Bilogora County and Sisak–Moslavina County. They belong to the sunken boulder Highlands of palaeogeological origin, rich in mineral resources (granit ...

mountain, northeast of

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, on the crossroad of D45 (Kutina – Veliki Zdenci) and D26 (

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–

Daruvar Daruvar is a spa town and municipality in Slavonia, northeastern Croatia, with a population of 8,567. The area including the surrounding villages (Daruvarski Vinogradi, Doljani, Donji Daruvar, Gornji Daruvar, Lipovac Majur, Ljudevit Selo, Marko ...

) state roads. It was first mentioned in 1527. The church ''Visitation of Our Lady'' was built in 1752 and has still a lot of original inventory. The town is home to a memorial to its deceased defenders from the

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Settlements

The following settlements comprise the Town of Garešnica: * Ciglenica, population 368 * Dišnik, population 343 * Duhovi, population 111 * Garešnica, population 3,874 * Garešnički Brestovac, population 908 * Gornji Uljanik, population 116 * Hrastovac, population 479 * Kajgana, population 271 * Kaniška Iva, population 466 * Kapelica, population 546 * Mala Bršljanica, population 48 * Mali Pašijan, population 190 * Malo Vukovje, population 122 * Rogoža, population 248 * Tomašica, population 365 * Trnovitički Popovac, population 392 * Uljanički Brijeg, population 26 * Uljanik, population 287 * Velika Bršljanica, population 228 * Veliki Pašijan, population 344 * Veliki Prokop, population 48 * Veliko Vukovje, population 251 * Zdenčac, population 441

Politics

Minority councils and representatives

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs. At the

2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections The 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections () were held on 7 May in certain regional (counties) and local administrative units (municipalities and towns & cities). Background Elections were announced in Nar ...

Serbs of Croatia The Serbs of Croatia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Срби у Хрватској, Srbi u Hrvatskoj) or Croatian Serbs ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Хрватски Срби, Hrvatski Srbi) constitute the largest national minority in C ...

fulfilled legal requirements to elect 15 members minority council of the Town of Garešnica while

Czechs The Czechs (, ; singular Czech, masculine: ''Čech'' , singular feminine: ''Češka'' ), or the Czech people (), are a West Slavs, West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common Bohemia ...

elected individual representative.

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Garešnica was a district capital in the

Bjelovar-Križevci County The Bjelovar-Križevci County (; ) was a historic administrative subdivision of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (Transleithania), the Hungarian part of th ...

of the

Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (; or ; ) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was created in 1868 by merging the kingdoms of Kingdom of Croatia (Habs ...

Notable people

* Slavko Kolar (1891–1963), writer *

Ivo Robić Ivo Robić (28 January 1923 – 9 March 2000) was a Croatian singer-songwriter. Domestic career Robić began his career as a soloist with the Radio Zagreb Orchestra, while studying at the same time in Zagreb. He performed during World War II o ...

(1923–2000), singer and songwriter * (born 1958), philosopher

Notes

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garesnica Cities and towns in Croatia Populated places in Bjelovar-Bilogora County Bjelovar-Križevci County