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Sisak

Sisak ( ) is a city

City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
in central Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
. The city's population in 2001 was 52,236 and it is the administrative centre of Sisak-Moslavina county

Sisak-Moslavina County

Sisak-Moslavina county is a Croatian county in eastern Central Croatia and southwestern Slavonia. It is named after the city of Sisak and the region Moslavina just across the river Sava ....
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Sisak ( ) is a city

City

Croatia

Sisak-Moslavina County

Sisak-Moslavina county is a Croatian county in eastern Central Croatia and southwestern Slavonia. It is named after the city of Sisak and the region Moslavina just across the river Sava ....
. Sisak is located at the confluence of the Kupa

Kupa River (Croatia)

The Kupa or Kolpa river forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia.The Kupa originates in Croatia in the mountainous region of Gorski kotar, northeast of Rijeka, in the area of Risnjak National Park....
, Sava, and Odra

Odra River (Croatia)

Odra is a river in central Croatia. Its source is in the ?umberak mountain, southwest of Zagreb. It flows south-east, more or less parallel to the river Sava ....
rivers, 57 km

Kilometre

The kilometre , symbol km is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres.Slang terms for kilometre include click and kay ....
southeast of the Croatian capital Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the Capital and the largest city of Croatia. Zagreb is the Culture of Croatia, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Cinema of Croatia, Economy of Croatia and Government of Croatia center of the Croatia....
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Geography

Sisak is usually considered to be where the Posavina

Posavina

Posavina is a Slavic name for the Sava river basin in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia....
(Sava basin) begins, with an elevation

Above mean sea level

The term above mean sea level refers to the elevation or altitude of any object, relative to the average sea level datum . AMSL is used extensively in radio by engineers to determine the coverage area a station will be able to reach....
of 99 m.

Sisak is Croatia's biggest river port

Port

||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|}A port is a facility for receiving ships and transferring cargo. They are usually found at the edge of an ocean, sea, river, or lake....
and a centre of river shipping industry (Dunavski Lloyd). Sisak lies on the main road Zagreb-Sisak-Petrinja

Petrinja

Petrinja is a town in central Croatia near Sisak in the historic region of Banija. The city belongs to Sisak-Moslavina County .West of Petrinja is Petrova gora , site of the Battle of Gvozd Mountain between King Petar Svacic of Croatia and Coloman of Hungary of Kingdom of Hungary....
(M12.2) and the railroad Zagreb-Sisak-Sunja

Sunja

Sunja is a municipality in Croatia in the Sisak-Moslavina County....
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History

The long history

HIStory

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of urban life here (around 2,500 years) as well the extremely favourable position on the confluence

Confluence (geography)

Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water. It usually refers to the point where a tributary joins a more major river, called the mainstem , when that major river is also the highest Strahler Stream Order in the drainage basin....
of three rivers, (the Sava, the Kupa

Kupa

Kupa may refer to:*Kupa River, a river in Croatia and Slovenia*Kupa River , a river in Lithuania*Kupa, Hungary, a village in Northern Hungary...
and the Odra

Odra River (Croatia)

Odra is a river in central Croatia. Its source is in the ?umberak mountain, southwest of Zagreb. It flows south-east, more or less parallel to the river Sava ....
), have made Sisak an important town in the history

HIStory

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
.

Prior to the invasion by the Roman Empire, the region was Celtic and the city there was named Segestica.

During the Roman Empire

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
when Sisak was known as Siscia, Christian

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
martyr Saint Quirinus of Sescia

Saint Quirinus of Sescia

Saint Quirinus is venerated as an early bishop of Sescia, now Sisak in Croatia. He is mentioned by Eusebius of Caesarea.A Passio, considered unreliable, states that Quirinus was killed during the persecutions of Diocletian after being arrested in 309....
was tortured and nearly killed during Diocletian's persecution of Christians. Legend has it that they tied him to a millstone and threw him into a river, but he freed himself from the weight, escaped and continued to preach his faith. Today he is the patron saint

Patron saint

A patron saint is a saint who is regarded as the intercessor and advocate in heaven of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, or person. Patron saints, because they have already transcended to the metaphysical, are able to intercede effectively for the needs of their special charges....
of Sisak.

Braslav of Pannonia

Braslav of Pannonia

Braslav or Br?slav was the last Prince of Pannonian Croatia in 880-898/900 vassalaged to the Kingdom of East Francia. The territory he was responsible for was extended by the Franks to include the territory of the former Balaton Principality in 896....
reigned from Sisak until this last bastion of the Pannonians was invaded. According to Historia Salonitana maior, Tomislav I of Croatia soon reclaimed it soon after. The 16th century triangular fortress

Fortification

Fortifications are military constructions and buildings designed for defense in warfare and military bases. Humans have constructed defensive works for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs....
of the Old Town, well-preserved and turned into the Native Museum, is the main destination of every tourist. The fortress is famous for the victory of the joint forces of Croats

Croats

Croats are a South Slavs nation mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 5 million Croats living in the southern Central Europe region, along the east bank of the Adriatic Sea and an estimated 9 million throughout the world....
and Carniola

Carniola

Carniola is a Historical regions of Central Europe of Slovenia. As part of Austria-Hungary, the region was a crown land officially known as the Duchy of Carniola until 1918....
ns (Slovenes) over the Turks

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
in 1593, known as the Battle of Sisak

Battle of Sisak

The Battle of Sisak on June 22 1593 was an important victory for Christian forces over the Ottoman Empire army.It took place at Sisak, now central Croatia....
. It was the very first significant defeat of the up-to-then invincible Turkish army on European territory. The Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
n Ban

Ban (title)

Ban is a title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century....
Toma Bakac Erdedi who led the defense in this battle became famous throughout Europe

Europe

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The Baroque

Baroque

In the the arts, the Baroque was a Western cultural Epoch , starting roughly at the beginning of the 17th century in Rome, Italy. It was exemplified by drama and grandeur in Baroque sculpture, Baroque painting, literature, Baroque dance, and Baroque music....
palace of Mali Kaptol, the classicist

Classicism

File:Nicolas Poussin 055.jpgClassicism, in the The Arts, refers generally to a high regard for classical antiquity, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seeks to emulate....
Veliki Kaptol, the brick Stari most ("Old Bridge") over the Kupa, and the ethnological park are the most frequently visited landmarks.

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, Sisak was the site of the Sisak Children's Concentration Camp

Sisak children's concentration camp

Sisak children's concentration camp was a concentration camp during World War II, set up by the Independent State of Croatia Fascism Usta?e government for Serbs, Jewish and Roma people children....
which was part of the large Jasenovac cluster

Jasenovac concentration camp

Jasenovac concentration camp was the largest extermination camp in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. The camp was established by the Usta?e regime in August 1941 and dismantled in April 1945....
where Serbs

Serbs

Serbs are a South Slavs people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia....
, Roma, and Jew

Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
s were killed they were children mostly.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, Sisak had a total population of 52,236.

43,402 of its citizens are Croats

Croats

Serbs

Serbs are a South Slavs people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia....
(7.46%), 795 are Bosniaks

Bosniaks

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(1.52%), 436 are Roma

Roma people

The Romani are an ethnic group of Europe tracing their Origins of the Romani people to middle kingdoms of India.The Romani are Romani diaspora with their largest concentrated populations in Europe, especially the Roma of Central and Eastern Europe, with more recent diaspora populations in the Americas and, to a lesser extent, in other par...
(0.83%), 149 are Albanians

Albanians

The Albanian people , from southeast Europe, live in Albania and neighbouring countries and speak the Albanian language. About half of Albanians live in Albania, with other large groups residing in Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Montenegro....
(0.29%), 40 are Montenegrins

Montenegrins

Miscellaneous

]] Chief occupations are farming, ferrous metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic Chemical element, their intermetallics, and their mixtures, which are called alloys....
(iron works), chemicals, leather (footwear), textiles and food processing plants (dairy

Dairy

A dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal milk—mostly from goat or cattle, but also from bovine, sheep, horses or camels —for human consumption....
products, alcoholic beverages), building

Building

In architecture, construction, engineering and Real estate developer the word building may refer to one of the following:# Any man-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy, or...
material

Material

Materials are substances or components with certain physical properties which are used as inputs to Production, costs, and pricing or manufacturing....
, crude oil

Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid found in rock formations in the Earth consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights, plus other organic compounds....
refinery

Oil refinery

An oil refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt, heating oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas....
, and thermal power.

Sisak features the largest Croatian metallurgic factory and the largest oil refinery in Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....

The city hosts University of Zagreb

University of Zagreb

The University of Zagreb is the oldest Croatian university in continuous operation and also the oldest university in southeastern Europe....
's Faculty of Metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic Chemical element, their intermetallics, and their mixtures, which are called alloys....
and the department of the Nautical Faculty.

Sisak has many rich mineral springs (spa

Hot spring

A hot spring is a Spring that is produced by the emergence of Geothermal groundwater from the earth's crust . There are hot springs all over the earth, on every continent and even under the oceans and seas....
s) with healing properties in the temperature

Temperature

In physics, temperature is a physical property of a Physical system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold; something that feels hotter generally has the greater temperature....
range from 42 to 54 °C

Celsius

Celsius is a temperature scale that is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius , who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death....
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Sports and recreation facilities in the town and the surroundings include mainly the waters and alluvial plains a public beach on the Kupa. All rivers (Kupa, Odra, Sava) with their backwaters offer fishing opportunities. There are hunting

Hunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing living animals for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to law....
grounds in the regions of Turopolje

Turopolje

Turopolje is a region in Croatia situated between the capital city Zagreb and Sisak. The administrative center of the region Turopolje is the town of Velika Gorica....
and Posavina

Posavina

Posavina is a Slavic name for the Sava river basin in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia....
. Sisak is the starting point for sightseeing tours into Lonjsko Polje (Field of Lonja river) nature park.

The local football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
club is HNK Segesta.

Sisak is extremely popular during the summer because there are many cafés situated on the river Kupa. During the day and night the cafés are usually full due to their location. Although the population is not great in number many people from the surrounding cities visit the town. In the last year numerous cafés have opened and their popularity has been bolstered through nights sponsored by beer manufacturers like Tuborg. The events consist of hostesses promoting the beer and there are drinking competitions, where prizes can be won, including t-shirts, whistles and key rings.

Notable people

Ljudevit Posavski
Ljudevit Posavski

Ljudevit Posavski was a Croat Duke of Pannonian Croatia from 810 to 823. The capital of his realm was in Sisak. As the ruler of the Pannonian Croatia, he led an unsuccessful resistance to Franks domination....
, 9th century prince
Oktavijan August
Sveti Kvirin Sisacki
Saint Quirinus of Sescia

Saint Quirinus is venerated as an early bishop of Sescia, now Sisak in Croatia. He is mentioned by Eusebius of Caesarea.A Passio, considered unreliable, states that Quirinus was killed during the persecutions of Diocletian after being arrested in 309....
, patron saint, bishop
Tamás Erdody, ban
Ban

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Franjo Lovric
Mihael Mikic
Mihael Mikic

Mihael Mikic is a Croatian football player who is currently playing for Japanese club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He is now most commonly playing as a right midfielder#winger, but has played during his career as an attacking midfielder and striker as well....
, student
Antun Radic
Stjepan Radic
Stjepan Radic

Stjepan Radic was a Croats politician and the founder of the Croatian Peasant Party in 1905. Radic is credited with galvanizing the peasantry of Croatia into a viable political force....
, politician
Fran Bubanovic
Vlado Janic
Janko Bobetko
Janko Bobetko

Janko Bobetko was a Croats Croatian ground army general and the Croatian army's Chief of the General Staff between 1992 and 1995. Bobetko had been charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia but died before he could be tried....
, general
Mika Špiljak
Mika Špiljak

Mika ?piljak was a Croatian politician in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.He was born in Odra, near Sisak. His father Dragutin was a railway worker....
, politician
Slavko Striegl
Norbert Weber
Vera Horvat-Pintaric, historian
Milan Steiner
Davorko Vidovic, politician
Marijan Mrmic
Marijan Mrmic

Marijan Mrmic is a retired Croatian people football goalkeeper who is now a coach.He started his career at NK Mladost Suhopolje in 1983 and moved to HNK Cibalia in 1988....
, footballer/coach
The Bambi Molesters
The Bambi Molesters

The Bambi Molesters are a surf rock band from Sisak, Croatia. Since their formation in 1995, they have taken part in the revival of the 1960s surf genre and continue to significantly contribute to its survival and further development with their critically acclaimed music....
, a surf punk band

Twin towns

Gabrovo

Gabrovo is a town in central northern Bulgaria, the Local government centre of Gabrovo Province. It is situated at the foot of the central Balkan Mountains, in the valley of the Yantra River, and is known as an international capital of humour and satire , as well as noted for its Bulgarian National Revival architecture....
, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
Heidenheim

Heidenheim

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, Germany

Germany

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Remchingen

Remchingen

Remchingen is a municipality in the Enz district, in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Pfinz, 14 km southeast of Karlsruhe, and 12 km northwest of Pforzheim....
,Germany

Germany

Szombathely

Szombathely, is a city in Hungary. It is the administrative center of the Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria....
, Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
Leszno

Leszno

Leszno [] , German Lissa, is a town in central Poland with 63,955 habitants .Situated in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999, it was previously the capital of the Leszno Voivodeship ....
,Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
Jihlava

Jihlava

Jihlava is a city in the Czech Republic. Jihlava is a centre of the Vysocina Region, situated on the Jihlava river on the ancient frontier between Moravia and Bohemia, and is the oldest mining town in the Czech Republic, ca....
, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....

Sisak

Geography

History

Demographics

Miscellaneous

Notable people

Twin towns

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