Antun Mihanović

Antun Mihanović ( born June 10, 1796 in Zagreb, † November 14, 1861 in Novi Dvori at Klanjec ) was a Croatian poet and an Austrian diplomat. He wrote the lyrics for the Croatian national anthem.

Antun Mihanović studied until 1817 Law at the University of Vienna. From 1818 onwards, he worked as an auditor in Venice and Padua, from 1823 to 1836 as Gubernialsekretär in Fiume (Rijeka ). From 1836 to 1838 he was the first Austrian consul in Belgrade, further stations were Saloniki, Trebizond, Smyrna, Constantinople Opel and Bucharest.

His poem entitled " Horvatska domovina " 1835 reprinted in the newspaper Danica, set to music in 1846 by Josif Runjanin and 1891 the Croatian national anthem. Mihanović also collected medieval manuscripts.