Ozalj

Ozalj a small town in Croatia, 17 km north-west of Karlovac is situated on the river Kupa. In the north, it connects to the Nature Park Žumberak - Samoborsko gorje.

History

First mentioned in writing was the site in 1244 as a free royal city and imperial city. Here was a medieval fortification, which later resulted in a castle on the right bank of the river Kupa. Built on a cliff above the Kupa was the Palace Fortress Ozalj; on this important river crossing were both the river crossing and the intersection of the roads are controlled. This is the persistently important historical significance to explain to the 19th century. It is one of the few plants that were inhabited continuously since that time.

First, the Ozalj castle owned by the family Babonić, from 1389 to Frankopans and 1550 to that of the Zrinski to 1671 The Gothic chapel was built by Nikola Zrinski Šubić in 1556. ; The year is eingemeiselt above the entrance arch. In 1599 the entrance tower by Juraj Zrinski was built in 1599. The heyday Ozalj in the 17th century as the " unofficial capital of Croatia ". After the failure of the conspiracy of the Zrinski and Petar Zrinski Frankopan under Ban and his brother Fran Krsto Frankopan against the Habsburgs in 1670 Leopold I and his tragic execution on April 30, 1671 at Wiener Neustadt Ozalj was completely looted and the flower of the castle suddenly interrupted. The Zrinski family was the nobility and all lands withdrawn; see also Ana Katarina Zrinski Frankopan. Franjo Rigoni, an Austrian baron, got it 1671 1702. Benvenuto Petazzi it acquired 1702nd From 1725 onwards it had held Raimund Perlas and 1742 it came into the possession of Franjo Perlas to 1766, the Ozalj rebuilt, the castle renovated and expanded. The Batthyány family it Besàss by 1766 - 1872 Theodore Batthyány castle built on the visible part of the Baroque, in 1768 a cotton production was erected by him.; it was followed by a copper factory and a brick to remodel the castle. Despite everything stagnated, as opposed to Karlovac, the economy in Ozalj and forced as in the 1880s, many residents to emigrate. In possession of the Thurn and Taxis was thereafter from 1872 until 1928.

Your value according to the old town Ozalj is one of the monuments of the first protective category. It is also interesting the Baroque parish church of St. Vitus, which was first mentioned in 1349 and the imposing hydroelectric plant Munjara from the year 1908.

As an ancient settlements also Trg, Jaškovo, Vivodina, Vrhovac, Trescerovac, Gornje Pokulje, Kamanje and Bubnjarci be mentioned together with Ozalj. Also interesting is the area around the Pauline monastery in Svetice with valuable early - Baroque works by the artist Paul Meister.

The city rights were Ozalj awarded in 1996.

Personalities

• Andrea Ćupor, Miss Croatia 2000

• Slava Raškaj (1877-1906), geb.in Ozalj, important Croatian watercolor painter, pupil of the famous Bela Cikos.

• Theodor Batthyani (died 1813), in the renewal of the old town of Ozalj, he erected linen and brick factories.

• Emilij Laszowski (1868-1949) historian, wrote the book "The city Ozalj with environment," E. Laszowski was a member of the "Brethren of the Croatian Dragon", which the maintenance of the old town of Ozalj and the establishment of the museum's collection is due to.