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  Varazdin County (Croatia)
The flag of Varaždin county is the same as the flag of the city of Varazdin, with addition of the county coat of arms.
The County of Varaždin is situated north of Zagreb, around the city of Varazdin, former capital of Croatia (until XVIII c.).
For Varazdin, the coat of arms of the Hungarian "Varasd va'rmegye" was: a circular shield with embellishments, quartered: 1- gules a crowned eagle tongued gules; 2- and 3- azure two six-pointed stars or between two wavy fesses argent; 4- gules a city wall with a tower argent, the door closed, stones apparent.
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  Varaždin county - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Varaždin county of Croatia - Varaždinska županija is a county in northern Croatia, near the border with Slovenia and Hungary.
The Varaždin county borders with Međimurje on the north, Krapina-Zagorje county on the southwest, Zagreb county on the south, and Koprivnica-Križevci county on the southeast.
The highway A4 passes through the county, connecting the Hungarian border (in the north) with Zagreb (in the south), and which has exits in Varaždin, Varaždinske Toplice and Novi Marof.
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 Varazdin County (Croatia)
The flag of Varaždin county is the same as the flag of the city of Varazdin, with addition of the county coat of arms.
The County of Varaždin is situated north of Zagreb, around the city of Varazdin, former capital of Croatia (until XVIII c.).
For Varazdin, the coat of arms of the Hungarian "Varasd va'rmegye" was: a circular shield with embellishments, quartered: 1- gules a crowned eagle tongued gules; 2- and 3- azure two six-pointed stars or between two wavy fesses argent; 4- gules a city wall with a tower argent, the door closed, stones apparent.
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 Counties of Croatia
The counties of Croatia are called županije in Croatian, županija is the singular form.
The counties were introduced in the 1990 Constitution of Croatia, and only slightly changed up to present.
Some counties also prefer to swap the order of those two words but they are in the minority (since February 7, 1997 when the order was officially changed).
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municipality of vall-llobrega (baix empordà county, girona province, catalonia, spain)
municipality of vilabertran (alt empordà county, girona province, catalonia, spain)
municipality of viladecans (baix llobregat county, barcelona province, catalonia, spain)
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 Croatia Holiday & Home
The county is abundant in thermal springs - in Stubica, Tuhelj and Sutin.
The county's micro-regions are the hilly and wooded Banovina and the low-lying Moslavina, the fertile Posavina, Pokuplje and Pounje.
Varazdin County is located in the north-west of Croatia with a surface area of 1,260 km2.
www.croatia-holidayandhome.co.uk /properties-for-sale/regions.html   (5996 words)

  
 Varazdin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The written evidence records that Varazdin became the seat of the province as early as in the period of the first Croatian kings.
Varazdin was the capital of the Province of Croatia.
Having been ravaged by the fire, Varazdin was rebuilt by its development-oriented population and has retained all the main values of its rich cultural heritage.
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municipality of ulldecona (montsià county, tarragona province, catalonia, spain)
municipality of martorell (baix llobregat county, barcelona province, catalonia, spain)
municipality of pedret i marzà (alt empordà county, girona province, catalonia, spain)
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 VARAZDIN COUNTY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The Varazdin county is a relatively densely populated Croatian region.
The centre of Varazdin, the very centre of the county used to be one of the most important towns in north Croatia in the 19th century and during the period between 1756 and 1776 took up the role of the capital.
The traffic system of the Varazdin county enables the fastest connection between the central Danube region and northern Adriatic, while this is to be further expanded with the building of the Letenje-Varazdin-Novi Marof-Zagreb road.
www.hrt.hr /arhiv/hrvati_u_svijetu/upoznajte_hrvatsku/05_hrvatske_zupanije/varazdinska_eng.html   (352 words)

  
 Varazdin - Croatia
Varazdin has several cultural institutions: the City Archives (with the documentation from the 13th to the 19th centuries), the Archives of the Cazma Chapter, faculties.
Varazdin lies at the intersection of the main roads Varazdin - Slovenian border - Ptuj - Maribor (M3), Varazdin - Cakovec - Hungarian border - Nagykanizsa (M12), Varazdin - Koprivnica - Osijek (M3) and junction of the railroads Varazdin - Zagreb, Varazdin - Koprivnica, Varazdin - Cakovec - Hungarian border, i.e.
One of the landmarks of the town is the Varazdin guard, the so-called "purgari", dressed in their nice blue grenadier uniforms, who stand by the Town Hall during significant ceremonies.
www.kroatien-online.com /en/tourism/cities/varazdin.htm   (500 words)

  
 Hrvatske županije   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
A county, in the territorial and political sense of the building of the Croatian state in the developed stage was first found in the 10th century, thus doing away with parishes, the lowest types of people joining forces based on blood relations.
Counties had at first remained in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, but were scrapped through the Vidovdan Constitution in 1921.
In the socialist Yugoslavia the county set-up was not re-established and the "Christmas" Croatian Constitution of 1990 re-established counties.
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 Varazdin
Varazdin is a city in northwestern Croatia, 81 km north of Zagreb on the highway A4.
With a population of 49,075 (2001), the centre of Varazdin county is located near the Drava river, at 46:18:02N Lat.
Varazdin's Cathedral, a former Jesuit church, was built in 1647, and is distinguished by its baroque entrance, eighteenth-century altar, and paintings.
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 about Varazdin
The 18th-century Varazdin is the seat of many Croatian noblemen of Civil Croatia (the Draskovics, the Keglevics, the Patacics, the Sermages, etc.), and in 1775 it became the administrative centre of the institutions of Civil Croatia, the Banal Court, the Croatian Royal Council (from 1767) and the Cameral School (1769 - 1772).
The vault of the church sacristy was painted with frescos in 1772 by the Varazdin painter B. Grueber.
The monumental palace of the Varazdin County leans on the palace from the west.
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 Croatia - Counties and Municipalities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Sevetal counties changed flags, soon after their adoption by the County, when they were not confirmed by the body of the Ministry of Administration.
On the flag of a county there is the CoA of the county, on the flag of a city there is the CoA of the city, and on the flag of a community there is the CoA of the community.
The regulations on adoption of the flags for counties, cities and municipalities prescribe that they have to be of a field of one colour (or two-coloured in case of the counties) in anyof the heraldical colours: red, blue, green, yellow and white.
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 The FAME: Varazdin County
Legal notice: The counties, cities and communities in the Republic of Croatia by their decision on adoption and use of the coats of arms and flags limit the use of these symbols only after obtaining an explicit written permission.
The coat of arms is the family arms of Erdödy family, who were hereditary counts of the County of Varazdin since 17th century, and whose coat of arms was granted as the county arms in 1763 by the Empress Maria Theresia.
The County of Varaždin is situated north of Zagreb, around the city of Varaždin, former capital of Croatia (until XVIII c.).
zeljko-heimer-fame.from.hr /descr/hr-vz.html   (616 words)

  
 Bjelovar-Bilogora County (Croatia)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The County is situated east from Zagreb, in central Croatia, one of the two counties not having state border.
The flag of the county from that period is preserved in Croatian Historic Museum.
When the counties were reintroduced in 1993, the most of the county of Bjelovar (of 1872) was found in the County of Bjelovar and Bilogora.
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 Counties of Croatia . Dalmatia . Istria county . 1997 . Varazdin county . Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Each county has an assembly županijska skupština which is composed of representatives elected by popular vote, using party-list proportional representation, for four-year terms.
The county assembly elects the executive county leadership, decides on the yearly budget, the county properties etc. The leader of a county is a župan sometimes translated as "prefect", who has up to twelve deputies each called a dožupan.
Current Counties of Croatia#Organization Župan prefect : Kruno Peronja HDZ The county assembly is...
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 Varazdin county
The Varaždin county of Croatia - Varaždinska županija is named after the city of Varaždin; whose first written mention dates way back to 1181 when king Bela III mentioned the county's thermal springs in a legal document.
Worthy of mention is the annual baroque music festival, the so-called Barokne Večeri;, which always attracts some of the finest classical music artists and fans from the country and abroad, and often even helps various worthy causes such as restaurations of local pipe organs.
Dating back to the thirteenth century (first written mention in 1334), it has been meticulously maintained and is currently one of the best preserved historic buildings in the country.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/varazdin_county   (400 words)

  
 Cesta Varaždin
Maineinance of the county roads in the Varazdin county
Maineinance of the county roads in the Krapinsko-Zagorska county
Mainenance of the county roads in the Zagreb county
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 flag of Varazdin (Varazdin County, Croatia) flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The coat of arms of Varazdin is Barry of Eight Gules and Argent overall issuant from base a Tower Argent between a Mullet and a Crescent incerscent both Or was already in use when it was confirmed by king Mathias Corvin in 1464.
The modern city of Varazdin probably confirmed those symbols and adopted a decision on their use, but it is unknown.
The city of Varazdin was the capital of Croatia in 1756-1776, afterwards Zagreb takes up the role.
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 The Hungaro-Croatian Compromise of 1868 (The Nagodba), II
The County of Agram with the towns of Agram and Karlovac (Karlstadt) and the free district of Turopolje.
The County of Varazdin with the town of Varazdin.
The County of Krizevci (Kreuz), with the town of Krizevci.
www.h-net.msu.edu /~habsweb/sourcetexts/nagodba2.htm   (1856 words)

  
 Local Development   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The key question is developing a strategy of development and town management with the aim of more human and higher quality life in the town.
The state of people’s libraries in Varazdin County shows lack of interest from local self-.government, with the exception of the town Varazdin, that has, by taking establishing and property rights in 1994, given support to the development of the Town Library, and other cultural institutions.
Split-Dalmatia County, by its area the largest of all, was constituted in 1993.
lgi.osi.hu /resources/pab/croatia/development1a.html   (1265 words)

  
 International Folklore Festival Veliko Tarnovo - Foreign ensembles
The County of Varazdin and Varazdin for itself, in the air of richness of cultural and historical tradition older than 800 years, pay a great attention to the amateur development of young people.
Folklore ensemble of KUD “VARTEKS” Varazdin – Croatia was founded in the year 1946 within the scope of big textile company Varteks, Varazdin.
Many times the group was classified first in its County, sliver medal on international festival in Dijon, France as well as many other rewards on big international festivals as in Austria, Bulgaria, Czech.
www.folklorefest.com /Festival/eng_part/groups/mainHarvatska.htm   (322 words)

  
 Varazdin county . Slovenia . Cakovec . Croatian Democratic Union   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The railway albeit not modernised connects also the county with the south Zagreb, north Cakovec Čakovec, Budapest and east Koprivnica.
The town of Čakovec, Hungarian: Csáktornya, Croatia, latitude 46.38 N, longitude 16.43 E, altitude 164m is the seat of Medjimurje county Medjimurje Medjimurska zupanija,...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square kilometer km² 0.3 square mile...
www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Varazdin_county   (402 words)

  
 Sveti Djurdj Volunteer Fire Department Online - Department's Organisation
Sveti Djurdj Municipality FSA is one among 24 FSA founded for a territory of towns or municipalities, and they all form the Varazdin County Fire Services Association.
There are 2 full-time and 143 volunteers fire departments which form the Varazdin County Fire Services Association, including 6 vol.
Varazdin County FSA is one among 21 county associations which form the Croatian Fire Services Association.
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 Martinčević d.o.o. - poduzeće za proizvodnju, trgovinu i ugostiteljstvo
The Cerje Nebojse village is situated in the Varazdin County, in the heart of Hrvatsko zagorje.
It is connected by the roads and railroads heading southeast towards Zagreb, westward towards Slovenia, and northeast towards Varazdin.
Cerje Nebojse is a part of the Marusevec district, the region that is small in size but very reach in cultural heritage, both national and European.
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 Ludbreg (Varazdin County, Croatia)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in the middle.
The photo shows the vertical flag, with noticeable small coat of arms, hoisted beside the flags of Croatia and the County.
Horizontal flag is shown here with coat of arms of larger size, but without confirmation.
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 Pregrada on-line - Monuments
Young priest has concluded that there was no point to repair this church and on 16 November 1794 he wrote a letter addressed to Varazdin County with the suggestion that a new parish church had to be built.
The County has issued the decision that the old church needed to be repaired because building of a completely new church would be too costly.
On 6 April 1803, the parish priest wrote to the bishop and asked him to send the archdeacon to bless the foundation stone for the new church.
www.pregrada.hr /_eng/pregrada/monuments.php   (2053 words)

  
 Pregrada on-line - Kostel Castel
They were also counts of Varazdin County, bans of Croatia and Slavonia and almost whole land between Zagorje and Medjimurje had belonged to them.
He was a ban of Jajce from 1520 to 1537 and Croatian ban between 1537 and 1542.
In 1523, he was the owner of Caklovec castle on Psunj, in the east part of Krizevci County.
www.pregrada.hr /_eng/pregrada/kostel.php   (1042 words)

  
 CroMaps navigator: Varazdin
Today's numerous cultural and historical sights of Varazdin are a testimony to its rich history, spanning a period of over eight centuries.
The name Varazdin was first mentioned in 1181, and the status of free royal borough was granted to the citizens of Varazdin by the Hungarian-Croatian King Andrew II in his charter of 1209.
As a distinct combination of city and museum, but also as the modern seat of the County of Varaždin and a crossroads for routes from Central Europe across Zagreb to the Adriatic Sea, Varazdin is an attractive and almost unavoidable tourist destination.
www.cromaps.com /en/county-seats/varazdin.html?date=10-2006   (250 words)

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