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73 unusual facts about Zagreb


1999 Military World Games

The 1999 Military World Games was the second edition of the Military World Games, were held in Zagreb, Croatia from 8 August to 17 August.

2007 Croatian Figure Skating Championships

The competition took place between 16 December and 17 December, 2006 in Zagreb.

2008 Croatian Figure Skating Championships

The competition took place between 16 February and 17 February, 2008 in Zagreb.

2009 Croatian Figure Skating Championships

The competition took place between 20 December and 21 December, 2008 in Zagreb.

589 Croatia

The object was named Croatia, after the suggestion made by professor Max Wolf, to honor the foundation of the Astronomical Observatory of the Croatian Natural Sciences Society in Zagreb.

Achtung, die Kurve!

In December 2006, third tournament took place at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb, Croatia.

Ahmad ibn Rustah

:"Their ruler is crowned … He dwells in the midst of the Slavs … He bears the title of 'ruler of rulers' and is called 'sacred king'. He is more powerful than the Zupan (viceroy), who is his deputy … His capital is called Drzvab (Zagreb) where is held a fair of three days every month."

Archbishop Stepinac High School

It was founded in 1948 and named for Blessed Aloysius Stepinac, who was archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia (then part of Yugoslavia) at the time and unfairly convicted by communists as Nazi collaborator.

Bailando Con Lola

Shortly before the release of the album in the Spring of 2006, Spanish TV station RTVE revealed that Azúcar Moreno were considered one of the top artists to represent Spain in that year's Eurovision Song Contest, held in Athens, Greece, sixteen years after the duo had their international breakthrough with "Bandido" in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, which finished fifth.

Borongaj

Borongaj is a neighborhood the Peščenica – Žitnjak district of Zagreb, Croatia.

Club Alpbach Croatia

Specific events and activities sponsored by the club have included the 2011 regional conference "Proactivity", held in Zagreb from 15 April to 17 April 2011 under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Croatia, Ivo Josipović.

Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

The 1999 edition of Dora was held on 7 March at the HRT TV studios in Zagreb, hosted by Oliver Mlakar and Vlatka Pokos.

Croteam

Croteam is a Croatian independent game developer based in Zagreb.

Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung

The locations for the film were Vienna and in the Croatian capital Zagreb.

Eltz Manor

In 1990, he returned from Eltville to the newly established state of Croatia and became a member of the Sabor parliament at Zagreb.

Ernestinovo

It is connected with long-distance power lines to TS Tumbri/Žerjavinec (Zagreb) and Pécs, Hungary.

Fizir F1V

During factory tests, on 8 October 1926 Pilot V. Striževski flew the aircraft from Novi Sad to Skopje to Mostar to Rajlovac (Sarajevo) to Zagreb and returned to Novi Sad - a distance of 1,410 km - over a period of 8 hours and 40 minutes.

Fulvia Plautilla

Originally found in Salona, it is now kept in the Archaeological museum in Zagreb.

Gary Naysmith

He then became first choice left-back for Scotland's games against Croatia, 0–0 at home and 1–1 in Zagreb.

Gojko Berkuljan

7. Opća enciklopedija JLZ – treće izdanje, tom II, str 151 (Third version, vol. II, page 151), Zagreb 1977.

Hinduism in Croatia

The Department of Indology of the University of Zagreb celebrated its 250th birth anniversary by holding a seminar on 17 December 1998.

History of Croatia since 1995

In 1995, the opposition surprisingly won in the capital of Zagreb, which led to the Zagreb crisis when Tuđman refused to accept this victory.

History of Dutch television

After that, Erik de Vries gave demonstrations in several countries, including 1939 demonstration in Zagreb.

Independent State of Croatia kuna

These included the Zagreb Government Region (Oblasni Narod. Oslobod. Odbor Zagrebačke Oblasti), the Croatian Anti-Fascist Authority (Zemaljsko Antifašističko Vijeće Hrvatske) and the Croatian Anti-Fascist Government Authority ZAVNOH (Zemaljsko Antifašističko Vijeće Narodnog Oslobodenja Hrvatske).

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

For the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 in Zagreb, the song "Somewhere In Europe", written, composed and performed by Liam Reilly, was chosen to represent Ireland after it won the national final selection.

Ivan Padovec

Ivan Eugen Padovec (1800 – 1873), commonly known as Johann (Ivan) Padowetz (see the signature on the photo), born in the baroque town of Varaždin in Croatia (known for its festivals of baroque music) was a guitar virtuoso, who gave concerts in Zagreb, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Hamburg, London, in Poland, Russia etc.

Ivo Kerdić

Examples of Ivo Kerdić's medals and medallions can be seen in the Numismatic collection of the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, which consists of about 160 works of the artist, dating from 1911 onwards.

Jakuševec

Jakuševec remained a standalone village until 1991 when it was integrated along with several adjacent villages into the City of Zagreb.

Jan Foltys

In 1947, he won (1.5 : 0.5) against Lodewijk Prins in The Hague (NED – CSR); won (2 : 0) against Harry Golombek in London (GB – CSR); won (2 : 0) against Ritson-Morry in Birmingham (MCCU – CSR); lost (0 : 2) to Nicolas Rossolimo in Paris (FRA – CSR); lost (0.5 : 1.5) to Vasja Pirc in Zagreb (YUG – CSR).

Jaroslav Dietl

Jaroslav Dietl (22 May 1929, Zagreb – 29 June 1985, Prague) was a Czechoslovak scenarist of series.

Jerzy Bajan

In 1931 Bajan won an aerobatic contest during an air meeting in Zagreb.

July victims

When it was announced that the Hungarian-allied candidate won, members of the People's Party took to St. Mark's Square to protest the result.

Kad pogledaš me preko ramena

The songs were recorded and performed in 2009, while the recording was set in Belgrade, Zagreb, Novo Mesto and London.

Karlo Štajner

After an illegal communist printing house in Zagreb where Štajner worked was searched by the police in 1931, he fled Yugoslavia, visiting Paris, Vienna, and Berlin before finally settling in the Soviet Union in 1932 where he worked in the Comintern publishing house in Moscow.

Krvavi Most

The bridge gained its scary name because of the constant conflicts happening on its wooden beams between the citizens of the two parts of Zagreb: Gradec and present day Kaptol.

Lado Guitars

After serving in the Yugoslav People's Army, he began training as a luthier at the Zagreb School of Guitar Making in Zagreb, Croatia, followed by two years additional training at Crossman Guitar Works in Vienna, Austria.

Liberty Bridge

Liberty Bridge, Zagreb, the first divided highway bridge in Zagreb, Croatia

Lollobrigida Girls

Lollobrigida girls, also known as VIS Lollobrigida (VIS is a Croatian language acronym for 'band', used often in the 1970s) or Lollobrigida is originally a Croatian, Zagreb–based, female electro-pop/synthpop band.

Lotika Zellermeier

Their daughter Ina married Drago Maras, a doctor from Zagreb.

Manfred of Pécs

When the first record was made of him in 1277, Manfred was a canon at the cathedral chapter in Zagreb and dean of Gercse.

Medet Serhat

In 1977, he attended the International Lawyers Meeting in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.

Mondo Bobo

Rušinović described his status in Zagreb at the time as being a "total outsider", since Mondo Bobo was his debut feature film.

Museum of Serbs of Croatia

During the World War II group of Croatian museum professionals collected some number of artifacts from churches and monasteries of Serbian Orthodox Church in Independent State of Croatia that escaped Ustaše destruction, and stored them in Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb.

Neka svemir čuje nemir

One part of the live tracks was recorded on March 6, 1989, on the band's concert in Dom Sportova in Zagreb.

Nema laži, nema prevare – Uživo, Zagreb `85

Originally a bootleg recording of Riblja Čorba concert held in Zagreb on February 2, 1985, Nema laži, nema prevare - Zagreb uživo `85 was released as a live album in 1995 by Slovenian record label Biveco.

Noemi Lung

A year before she captured a record-five gold medals at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb, just like America's Jill Sterkel did in 1981.

One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away

Set in pre-World War II Zagreb, the story is seen through the eyes of 6-year-old Perica Šafranek (played by Tomislav Žganec).

Osman Karabegović

During 1936-1937 he studied medicine at the University of Zagreb and became a member of the Students' Committee of SKOJ and a member of the Action Committee in Belgrade.

In 1933, Karabegović entered the Veterinary Faculty in Zagreb.

Pelinkovac

The most popular brands in Croatia are the Pelinkovac made by Dalmacijavino (Split, Croatia), Maraska Pelinkovac made by Maraska Distillery (Zadar, Croatia), "Rovinjski Pelinkovac", made by Darna Distillery (Rovinj, Croatia) and the Badel Pelinkovac, made by the Badel Distillery (Zagreb, Croatia).

Petar i Zli Vuci

The band got the public's attention by numerous club performances in Belgrade and Zagreb.

Philippe DeRouville

DeRouville has received offers from 2 different teams on October 18, 2007 and signed on October 23, 2007 with the Croatian team KHL Medveščak from Zagreb, that plays in the Croatian and in the Slovenian league.

Posavac Hound

Hounds from the Sava Valley (Posavina, south-east of Zagreb) were sold as boskini in Croatia in the 1800s.

Radovan Ivšić

He was a son of Stjepan Ivšić, a Croatian linguist, Slavist, accentologist and Rector of University of Zagreb (1940–43).

Rimac Concept One

Rimac Automobili, an automobile manufacturing company established in 2009 in Zagreb, Croatia, grew out of its founder Mate Rimac's garage hobby.

Rogožarski R-100

Several R-100s were used to patrol the outskirts of Zagreb, to repel the attacks of partisan aircraft.

Two R-100s were given to the partisan faction at the end of the war, and two were seized at the Lucko airport near Zagreb during the liberation.

Shaban Gashi

Born in Prizren, Shaban Gashi began as a photographer at the age of seven and after finishing high school he enrolled at the film academy in Zagreb.

Siatista

One of such a self-made wealthy merchants was Theodoros Dimitriou who together with his wife Afrati left their town at 1790 for Zagreb, then an Austro-Hungarian city.

Slavin Cindrić

Cindrić was one of the few players who had spells with all three Zagreb-based clubs which were prominent in the interwar period - Concordia, Građanski and HAŠK.

Slow Days

Set in the Croatian capital Zagreb and its satellite town, Velika Gorica, it follows the lives of over twenty individuals.

Subotica tram system

While neighbouring cities' trams at this date were often still horse-drawn, this gave the Subotica system an advantage over municipalities including Belgrade, Novi Sad, Zagreb, and Szeged.

The Master Scratch Band

The Degout EP was released by the Jugoton label, from Zagreb (in SR Croatia, Yugoslavia (today independent Croatia)).

Tkalčićeva Street

In 1908, Viktor Kovačić also displayed some of his ideas about Ulica Potok in his studies of Gornji Grad, Kaptol and other city neighborhoods.

TMK 101

TMK 101 is a 2-axle tramcar type which was used in Zagreb, Croatia, from 1951 until December 2008 (last regular service).

Triglavka

The first Yugoslav models were made in the second half of 1941 in Zagreb by the Communist Party activist Dobrila Jurić for Vladimir Popović and Otmar Kreačić, former fighters in the International Brigades, and organizers of the Croatian Liberation Front.

Trimo Urban Crash

The 2007 Trimo Urban Crash competition was open to all students of the schools of architecture in Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade.

Una-Sana Canton

Due to the proximity to Croatia and that country's narrow northern outline, various important traffic lines between Zagreb and the Adriatic traverse the Una-Sana canton, such as the railway line Bosanski Novi — Bihać — Knin.

Walcker Orgelbau

Known for distinguished installations and low output, the company built the organ in the Boston Music Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, Zagreb Cathedral in Zagreb, Croatia, and Riga Cathedral in Riga, Latvia.

Wetzlar station

A through carriage also gave a direct connection to Ljubljana and Zagreb.

Zabranjena ljubav

The original story begins by introducing a handsome 22 year old Danijel Loncar (Zoran Pribicevic) coming home to Zagreb, on his 22nd birthday, after losing his job in Italy.

ZaMirNET

Several web-based networking and media outlets have in the meantime emerged in the post-Yugoslav region—such as Ljudmila, Kontrapunkt Festival, out of which ZaMirNET in Zagreb has built on—in terms of values, activist networks and human resources of ZTN.

Marina Škrabalo's research says: "In February/March 1994, ZaMir servers were installed in Ljubljana and besieged Sarajevo, followed by the set up of the Priština server ZANA, administered by the independent newspaper Koha in October 1994. The network was considerably improved in spring 1995, when the Zagreb, Sarajevo and Belgrade servers were enlarged and a new server, with direct international telephone access was installed in Tuzla".


Aleida Guevara

She also participates as public intellectual and activist in conferences, debates and festivals, such as the Subversive Festival on May 4–8, 2013 in Zagreb, Croatia, where she is guest speaker next to other notable public thinkers like Slavoj Zizek and Tariq Ali.

Ann Buckley

 77–91, Music, Words, and Images: Essays in Honour of Koraljka Kos, edited by Vjera Katalinić and Zdravko Blažeković, Zagreb: Croatian Musicological Society, 1999.

Antun Mažuranić

Antun Mažuranić (Novi Vinodolski, June 13 1805 - December 18 1888, Zagreb) was Croatian writer and linguist.

Bat-El Gatterer

In 2008, competing in the under-55 kg class she won gold medals at the Dutch Open in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, the German Open in Hamburg, Germany, and the Croatia Open in Zagreb, Croatia.

Džemal Mustedanagić

In season 2003/2004 he coached the reserve squad of Dinamo Zagreb, where he trained and developed top youngsters' talents such as Eduardo Da Silva, Luka Modrić, Niko Kranjčar, Vedran Ćorluka, Dino Drpić, Tomo Šokota, Mihael Mikić, Hrvoje Čale, Filip Lončarić.

Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti

Pellegrinetti later served as the papal legate to the National Eucharistic Congress in Zagreb on July 30, 1930.

Franjo Kuharić

He was ordained a priest on 15 July 1945 in Zagreb, by Alojzije Cardinal Stepinac, archbishop of Zagreb.

František Čáp

X-25 javlja ("X-25 Reports", 1960), a World War II spy thriller set in Zagreb, saw extensive international theatrical release.

Genomic phylostratigraphy

Phylostratigraphy, a novel statistical method, was developed by Tomislav Domazet-Lošo at the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb, Croatia.

HŠK Zemun

In the third stage, they reached the quarterfinals, losing to strong Zagreb squad HAŠK.

Ivo Fabijan

Ivo Fabijan-Mrvelj (Vrbovac, Odžak, 1950 - Zagreb, 2006), was a controversial Croatian musician, singer and composer, and produced pop music and patriotic songs.

Janko Kamauf

Janko Kamauf was the last city magistrate of Gradec and the first mayor of Zagreb, Croatia.

Kanal, Zagreb

Kanal is a neighborhood in the city district of Trnje in Zagreb, Croatia.

LGBT rights in Croatia

The campaign included city light billboards in four cities (Zagreb, Split, Pula, and Osijek), handing out leaflets to citizens in those four cities, and distribution of leaflets to police stations throughout the country.

Lučko

Lučko is a suburban neighborhood situated on the edge of the Novi Zagreb - zapad district of Zagreb, Croatia, located south of the Sava and southwest of the city center, near the Lučko interchange that connects the Zagreb-Karlovac motorway, the Zagreb bypass and the old road to Karlovac.

Lučko interchange

The interchange was originally executed as Zagreb–Karlovac motorway terminus exit, connecting the motorway to the city of Zagreb itself directly.

Lujo Györy

After military service in the Yugoslav People's Army Györy returned to Zagreb where he attended and graduated from the Higher Pedagogical Academy at the University of Zagreb.

Luna\TBWA

In 2003, it established the regional advertising network TBWA Adriatic, established in 2003, with agencies in Zagreb, Belgrade, Sarajevo and Sofia.

Mamut

Mamutica, the largest building (by volume) in Zagreb and Croatia, as well as one of the largest apartment blocks in Europe

Milan Radonjić

Consequently and especially after Serbian law prohibited TV card readings, he started working at five television stations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including nationwide OBN television based in Sarajevo, and a number of television stations in Croatia, including nationwide Nova TV based in Zagreb.

Milko Kazanov

He has also won three European Championship medals, two silvers (K-4 500 m, K-4 1000 m) in Zagreb in 1999 and bronze (K-4 1000 m) in Poznań in 2000.

Nenad Puhovski

In 2004 Puhovski founded and became the director of ZagrebDox, an annual international documentary festival in Zagreb which regularly attracts an audience of around 25,000 viewers.

Pavao Mašić

Pavao Mašić graduated at the Academy of Music in Zagreb in several studies: the harpsichord in the class of Višnja Mažuran, the organ in the class of Mario Penzar, and the studies of music theory.

Porges

Nenad Porges (born 1946, Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, (now Croatia)), Croatian politician, businessman, entrepreneur and former Minister of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship

Railjet

Operations on the routes Vienna to Graz, Ljubljana and/or Zagreb, and from Vienna to Villach and Venice and for an increased service between Vienna and Bregenz/Zurich via Salzburg and Innsbruck were also planned from the end of 2010 onwards.

Ratko Perić

He received doctorate from the Pontifical Urbaniana University in 1971, and then taught at Catholic seminaries in Sarajevo, Zagreb, and for several years at the Gregoriana in Rome.

ŠK Ferraria

The club won 5 titles in the local Zagreb league in their most successful period between 1924 and 1930, under the guidance of former Građanski player and Yugoslav international Rudolf Rupec.

St. Jerome Croatian Catholic Church

Other special events were the organization of a concert where guests from Samobor, Croatia put on a wonderful performance, the promotion of newly released books written by parishioners, a banquet and short program commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Aloysius Stepinac, where Monsignor Juraj Batelja and Bishop Franjo Komarica from Zagreb honored the parish with their powerful presence for this special occasion.

Tiberiu Dolniceanu

In the European Championships in Zagreb, he defeated 15–11 the three-time incumbent Aleksey Yakimenko of Russia to win the individual gold medal.

Todd Torres

Torres also competed for the United States, winning a bronze medal at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb.

Vladimir Matijević

Vladimir Matijevic (1854-1929) was the founder of the Serbian Business Association Privrednik, the biggest Serbian humanitarian society, in 1897 in Zagreb,Serbian bank and Union of agricultural cooperatives.

Yugoslav destroyer Zagreb

Faced with capture by the Italians, two junior officers, Milan Spasić and Sergej Mašera, blew up Zagreb and she sank.

Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League

Post-WW2 Yugoslavia was (with the exception of major cities such as Belgrade, Ljubljana, Zagreb, and Sarajevo) for the most part lacking in competitive opportunities in sports.

Zabranjena ljubav

Zabranjena ljubav (literal translation: "Forbidden Love", commonly abbreviated to ZLJ) is a Croatian daytime soap opera about the lives and loves of both young and older characters, focused on the major Croatian city of Zagreb.

Zdravko Lorković

Zdravko Lorković (3 January 1900, Zagreb – 11 November 1998, Zagreb) was a Croatian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.