Samobor
City
Grad Samobor City of Samobor
Top: Church of Saint Anastasia; Center left: Samobor Fountain; Center right: Main Square; Bottom left: Gradna; Bottom right: Samobor mustard sign
Samobor Location of Samobor within Croatia
Coordinates: 45°48′N 15°43′E / 45.800°N 15.717°E / 45.800; 15.717
Country	Croatia
County	Zagreb
Free royal city	1242
Settlements	77 settlements
Government
• Type	Mayor-council
• Mayor	Petra Škrobot
• City Council	25 members • SDP, HSS (16) • HDZ (5) • BM 365 (2) • MOST (2)
• Electoral district	7th
Area [1]
• City	251.5 km2 (97.1 sq mi)
• Urban	16.6 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
Highest elevation	860 m (2,820 ft)
Lowest elevation	127 m (417 ft)
Population  (2021)[2]
• City	37,435
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
• Urban	16,911
• Urban density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	HR-10 430
Area code	+385 1
Vehicle registration	ZG
Patron saints	St. Anne
Website	samobor.hr

Samobor (pronounced [sâmɔ̝bɔ̝ːr]) is a city in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is part of the Zagreb metropolitan area. Administratively it is a part of Zagreb County.

Geography

Samobor is located west of Zagreb, between the eastern slopes of the Samobor hills (Croatian: Samoborsko gorje), the eastern part of Žumberak Mountains, in the Sava River valley. It is part of the historical region of Croatia proper.

Administration

The city government, court, police, health service, and a post office are part of the Samobor infrastructure.

History

Ruins of Samobor Castle

Samobor has existed as a free royal town since 1242,^{[lower-alpha 1]} according to a document of endowment by King Béla IV.

Since the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699, Szamobor was part of the Habsburg monarchy, (Transleithania after the compromise of 1867), and soon after in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, created when the Kingdom of Slavonia and the Kingdom of Croatia were merged in 1868. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Samobor was a district capital in the Zagreb County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Economy

One of the chief industries in Samobor is crystal cutting, acclaimed in Europe and all over the world.

Notable people

Many well-known people were born or lived in Samobor. Such notable personalities are:

• Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić (1724–1787), Roman Catholic priest, mathematician, writer, and musical theorist primarily known for writing the first Croatian arithmetic textbook Arithmatika Horvatzka (published in Zagreb, 1758)
• Tvrtko Kale (born 1974), Croatian-Israeli footballer
• Ferdo Livadić, a prominent member of the nationalist Illyrian movement in the 19th century, piano composer and writer of the most famous Croatian patriotic song (Croatian: budnica) of the 19th century, Još Hrvatska ni propala (English: Croatia Hasn't Perished Yet)
• Antun Gustav Matoš, poet and writer, lived in Samobor for four years
• Antonio Šančić, tennis player
• Dejan Jović, political scientist
• Slađan Ašanin, football player
• Vladimir Šujster, handball player,olympic gold medalist Atlanta 1996

Population

In the 2021 Croatian census,^[3] the total population of the administrative territory of Samobor was 37,481, distributed in the following settlements:

Monuments and sightseeings

King Tomislav Square

View of Gradna River

Samobor Museum

Samoborska kremšnita

Members of the "Samobor People's Guard", a historical military unit from Samobor

Samobor is one of the earliest tourist resorts in the region, with the first tourist facilities dating back to 1810, catering to anglers, hunters and hikers. The town's beautiful surroundings and vicinity to the capital have supported this tourist tradition to the present day. In 1846, Samobor was paid a visit by the composer Franz Liszt, who at that time was visiting Zagreb during one of his numerous concert tours. Liszt came to Samobor to see his friend Ferdo Livadić, in his lodgings at the Livadić mansion, which is today the town museum. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Livadić mansion came under the ownership of a Jewish family named Daničić. They were forced to leave as a result of the Nazi invasion in 1941. Shortly after this, the mansion was confiscated by the newly formed Independent State of Croatia and never returned to the Daničić family. On Tepec hill, a 10-minute walk from the city centre, there are still-visible remains of the Samobor Castle fortress built in the 13th century.

Education

There are two elementary schools and one high school in Samobor:

• Osnovna škola Bogumil Toni (English: Bogumil Toni Elementary School)
• Osnovna škola Samobor (English: Samobor Elementary School)(formerly Osnovna škola Janko Mišić)
• Srednja škola Samobor (English: Samobor High School), consisting of two academies teaching arts such as economy and trade; the Gimnazija Antuna Gustava Matoša (English: Antun Gustav Matoš Comprehensive School);

and the Srednja strukovna škola Samobor – with technical studies, hairdressing, etc.

There is also a music academy – Glazbena škola Ferdo Livadić.

Sport

Sportska dvorana Samobor

The main local football club is NK Samobor, who play in the Treća HNL. Other football clubs are NK Bregana, NK Galgovo, NK Klokočevac, NK Rakov Potok, NK Samoborski Otok, NK Zrinski Farkaševac. The local woman's handball club is ŽRK Samobor, who play in the Prva HRL. The local men's handball clubs are RK Mladost 09, and RK Rudar, who play in the Premijer liga. The local men's basketball club is KK Samobor, who play in the Prva muška liga. The local judo clubs are Judo Klub Samobor, and Judo Klub Profectus Samobor. The local karate clubs are Karate klub Samobor, Karate klub Mladost and Karate klub Bregana. The local athletics club is Atletski klub Samobor 2007. The local gymnastics club Gimnastički klub Samobor. The local volleyball club is Odbojkaški klub Samobor. The local tennis club is Tenis klub Samobor 1890. The local table tennis club is Stolnoteniski klub Samobor. The local taekwondo club is Taekwondo klub Koryo Samobor. The local mountain bike club is Brdsko-biciklistički klub Šišmiš. The local kickboxing klub is TNT Samobor. The local motocross club is Moto Cross Klub TRP Marović.

The main football ground is Gradski Stadion Samobor. The main indoor sports hall is Sportska dvorana Samobor with the seating capacity of 700. Other indoor sports halls are Sportska dvorana Bogumil Toni with seating capacity of 500, Sportska dvorana Rude with seating capacity of 300 and Sportska dvorana OŠ Samobor with no seating capacity.

International relations

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References

External links

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