Virovitica

Virovitica [ ʋirɔʋititsa ] ( German Wirowititz, Hungarian Verőce, Italian Varaviza ) is a city in Croatia. It is located near the Hungarian border near the river Drava at the northern slopes of Bilogora Mountains. Virovitica is counted to the historic region of Slavonia has always been, the nearby town of Koprivnica, however, belongs to Drauregion Podravina. Virovitica has been the restructuring of the modern, independent Croatian state capital of Virovitica - Podravina, which includes a portion of the Draugebietes.

• 2.1 Castle Location

History

Virovitica has been inhabited since ancient times.

In 1234 King Bela IV bestowed the Virovitica the privilege of a free royal town. 1242 gave the same king and the City of Zagreb same privileges in a document known as the " Golden Bull ". This was also issued in Virovitica. Virovitica was at the time of the Kingdom of Hungary county seat of Verőce.

In 1243 the town of Duke Koloman privileges which will be confirmed in 1248 by Queen Mary receives. Here is mentioned in 1280, the Franciscan and 1290 the Benedictine monastery. At the site of the ruined medieval castle was built by Count Antun Pejačević (* 1749 - † 1802), a large late Baroque- classicist palace ( architect N. Roth, 1800-04 ) built, which is still surrounded by a moat and park. The settlement was still mid-18th century wooden houses (some dating from the 19th century still stand today ).

Historical city name

The Virovitica can also be found under the following names in different documents or maps: Wirowitiza, Virovititz, Viroviticza, Verewitiza, Verowitiza, Verowtiza, Verőcze.

History of the Museum

The municipal museum in Virovitica was founded in September 1953 as a museum of local history of the city and the county Virovitica. In the attic Pejačević one and at times two Museologists begin with the establishment of this institution. With the help of many inhabitants of Virovitca by gifts, purchase and collect the material for the archaeological, ethnographic, cultural, historical and art collection was purchased and also the library, the archive and the photo library were founded.

The collected material was already Museum in May 1954 as " I. Museum Exhibition " on display. At this time, the exhibitions have been held in different rooms in the city due to lack of space.

The first permanent museum exhibition "The Story of Virovitica " was opened in 1968 in the great hall on the first floor of the castle, where numerous exhibitions still organized today. Since then, the whole castle was gradually established. As part of the 750th anniversary of the city Virovitica and the Scientific Congress on October 2, 1984, the permanent archaeological, cultural and historical, ethnographic and art collection of Branislav Glumac was opened.

The material and the permanent exhibition were resettled because of the threat of war in 1991 and were returned in the summer of 1992, and since then, visitors can visit the permanent exhibition.

Today the museum has about 5,000 items, of which 800 are on permanent display. They describe the life of around Virovitica from the Neolithic period to the early decades of the 20th century.

Attractions

Castle Location

In the park in the city center, on the site of the medieval fortress is the castle of the family Pejačević that of 1800 - was built in 1804 according to the drawings of the Viennese architect Roth. The castle is a monument of Category I and a representative story building with stylistic features of the late baroque and classicism. In addition to numerous photographs and some drawings from the end of the last century is there to see on the picture of Friedrich songs from the earliest recorded appearance in 1811 of the castle, the "family Pejačević in the Park" is (today the picture is located in the Gallery of Fine Arts in Osijek ). The palace takes its name from the first possession, the Count Pejačević, and since the mid-19th century until 1911, it is owned by the Royal Family Schaumburg -Lippe, later to be bought by Count Draskovic. The municipality of Virovitica buys the castle with the park, which today dominates the city center, 1930 for its own needs.

The park surrounding the castle is a protected natural monument. With its design of the early 19th century was started after the castle at the time of Antun ( II ) Pejačević (* ca.1775 - † 1838) was built. At the point where the castle is located, together with the park, was once a medieval fortress.

Reminds us even today the moat obtained. In the cadastral map from 1862 is to see that the park was completed. Of the deciduous trees dominate the park autochthonous species and its cultivated forms, such as Quercus robur fastigiata f, of Fraxinus excelsior, continue to the native wild chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum. Of the foreign species of trees here were the Gymnocladus dioica, Sophora japonica, the Pllatanus acerifolis P. occidenthalis planted ..

In addition to the defense ditch the Taxodium distichum dominated. From the Conifers are the Juniperus virginiana, continue to represent the Ginkgo biloba, the mythical Asian tree from the ice age. The park was also full of lush flowering shrubs that have fallen over time, and in their place new species were planted.

Infrastructure

As a road and railway junction Virovitica is dominated by through traffic and tourism. A special feature of Virovitica is the swimming pool in the middle of the park located in the city center.

In the immediate vicinity of Virovitica There are several attractive excursion destinations, among which the large fish ponds are particularly noteworthy in Razbojište at the foot and Milanovac to the vines covered slopes of Bilogora. In Bilogora massif hunts are organized on high - and small game, and on the Drava small game hunting and fishing are possible.

Virovitica - Podravina

Hunting ground " Virovitička Bilogora " - Industrogradnja dd Zagreb Podravsko Mainline, the most important thoroughfare between Western and Eastern Europe, shares the Virovitica - Podravina in two relief units: the wooded and flat Drau Valley in the north and the north-eastern slopes of Bilogora and Papuk in the south of the county. The city is the center of Virovitica County, which extends to 2021 km ². Area Viroviticas is home to many wild animals and therefore attracts hunters. The Hunting Association of Virovitica - Podravina has 35 hunting associations, which manage 32 hunting grounds and holder of the hunting tourism. From the deer, the wild boar emphasizes by the numerical component and the deer and the roe deer by its trophy quality. Rabbit, quail, woodcock, pheasant and wild duck are part of the offer, which attracts hunters.

Personalities

• Mirko Danijel Bogdanić, Croatian scientists
• Aleksandra Grdic, Miss Croatia 2003
• Goran Jagar, Serbian rowers

Twinning

Virovitica maintains the following city twinned:

• Traunreut, Germany, since 1999