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  Karlovac - Croatia
Karlovac is located at the intersection of the main roads Zagreb - Karlovac (M11.01, E65, E71), Karlovac - Rijeka (M12, E 65), Karlovac - Senj (M12.3), Karlovac - Zadar (M13.01, E71) and on the railroad Zagreb - Karlovac - Ostarije - Rijeka, i.e.
Karlovac was named after the founder of the fortress and the burg, the Styrian Archduke Karl II Habsburg, the commander of the Croatian Military Border.
Karlovac developed around the Renaissance-style fortified town in the 16th century, between the Kupa and the Korana rivers.
www.kroatien-online.com /en/tourism/cities/karlovac.htm   (474 words)

  
  Karlovac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac county.
Karlovac was founded as a six-pointed star fortress built in the 16th century on the Zrinski estate near the old town of Dubovac at the confluence of the Kupa, Korana, Mrežnica and Dobra rivers.
King Joseph II reaffirmed it as a free town with an official charter in 1781, allowing the citizens to expand the city and exploit the potential of being at the crossroads of paths from the Pannonian plains to the Adriatic coast.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karlovac   (506 words)

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