Đurđevac

Đurđevac [ dʑu rdʑɛʋats ː ] or even Đurđevec ( German: Sankt Georgwar; Hungarian: Szentgyörgyvár ) is a town in the Croatian Draugegend ( kroat. Podravina ) near the Hungarian border.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1267 and belongs to the Koprivnica - Križevci. According to the 2011 census living in the village of 8,264 inhabitants. The city's name derives from the patron saint, Saint George, from ( kroat. Juraj, short form Đuro or Gjuro ).

Culture

  • Picokijada

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Josip Turković (1936-1982), Croatian painter and graphic artist
  • Ivan Lacković Croata ( born in Batinske near Kalinovac ), naive painter
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