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Bjelovar

Country:
Croatia
State:
Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska
City:
Bjelovar
Type of Location:
Multiple
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Places to Visit
How to Reach

By Air

Airports nearest to Bjelovar are sorted by the distance to the airport from the city centre.

Ravensthorpe Airport (distanced approximately 30 km)
Varazdin Airport (distanced approximately 57 km)
Zagreb Airport (distanced approximately 63 km)
Zagreb/maksimir Airport (distanced approximately 65 km)
Kaposjulak Airport (distanced approximately 93 km)

By Train

A further initiative was risen to connect Bjelovar with Virovitica and with Zagreb, using the existing line Zagreb - Dugo Selo - Krizevci - Koprivnica - Zakany.The construction of the second section was delayed because of tunnel Paulovac, which was broken through Bilogora between Paulovac railway stop and Katalena railway station.It had to be coated with brick twice.Additional two sidings were built on the same section, attached to Misulinovac station.They were 2 km long each and led to coal mines, which were worked out until 1904.The tracks were dismantled subsequently.

Key places to visit
Bjelovarska Cathedral, City Museum of Bjelovar, Bjelovar Fair, Terezijana, Hi fest theater festival, Days of Czech Culture, Memorial Park Borik

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Places to Visit

Bjelovarska Cathedral

is the baroque church of Bjelovar-krizevacke diocese.It is located in the heart of the city of Bjelovar in the Square of Eugene Kvaternika.It became a cathedral 2009th year until then was the parish church .At the invitation of the military administration in Bjelovar the 1761st year came the brothers Hubert and Ignatius Divis, of Czechs, members of the ecclesiastical order Piarists who raised her children and adolescents.Found in Bjelovar small chapel so they decided to build a church.On 5th in December 2009. Pope Benedict XVI established the Diocese of Bjelovar-Krizevci with the first bishop Vjekoslav Huzjak and the church became the Cathedral of St. Teresa of Avila.

City Museum of Bjelovar

is located in the center of Bjelovar in the Square of Eugene Kvaternika.Founded in 1949 year.The museum was founded under the name "Circuit Museum" at the initiative of the Regional Committee of the League of Associations fighter Liberation.Master Rade Kovac was first collected items for collection.gathered a rich collection of the John Baresic.Later they pointed Duro Jaksekovic, Zvonimir Lovrencevic, Artur Kully, Dr. Antun Bauer, John Baresic, Dr. Rudolf Miculinic, Leo Fingerhut.The museum changed its name to the City Museum in 1962 year Until 1990.we have collected about 20,000 artifacts.The collection is still more increased Until 1991.The museum had a collection of the labor movement and the national revolution, and other collections exist today: kultrurno-historical collection, natural history, archaeological and ethnographic collections and the new Department of History from the Homeland War.The museum was completely renovated in 2009 year.It has a restoration workshop and library.

Bjelovar Fair

is an event being held at the fair space Gudovac end of Bjelovar.One of the largest agricultural fairs in the region (with Radgona and Novi Sad).In the wider region of Bjelovar a rich history of the fairs of agricultural products and developed agricultural production.On this basis, he founded the Bjelovar Fair 1995 at the former cattle farm in Koopexport Gudovac the outskirts of Bjelovar.The owners of the fair are Cela Srbija and the City of Bjelovar.Major events are the Spring and Autumn Fair and has a number of smaller fairs during the year (Beekeeping exhibition, show horses, small animals, etc.) At the exhibition there are a number of buildings Sajmenih for exhibitors.There are also several indoor environments, where they are exposed to domestic animals such as cows, horses, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry etc. are presented and the Croatian breeds of domestic animals such as horses Croatian coldblooded, Turopolje pigs, boskarin, chickens Croatians etc.

Terezijana

Terezijana a tourist event in the town of Bjelovar, which is held annually the second weekend of the month of June.It was created in memory of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa, who founded the Bjelovar 1756 year.First Terezijana took place in 1996 and since then has been regularly held every year in the middle of Bjelovar in Eugene Kvaternika Square and other city streets.Terezijana starts coming coaches Mary Theresa and occasional introductory program.At the entrance to the Square of Eugene Kvaternika at the City Hall in the days Teresiana set the blockhouse on the model of the blockhouse as existed at the time of the Bjelovar Military Frontier.Cardak preserves historic military unit hussars on horseback.The backbone Teresiana makes musical program with performances by Croatian and foreign pop stars, ethnic, jazz, retro musicians, tambura band, cultural and artistic associations.In the town museum at this time exposing exhibitions, often related to the history of Bjelovar Bjelovar or exhibitions of painters such as Ed Murtic, Ive Friscic, Naste Rojc and others traditionally held and salon photography "Forest eye of the forester," works of domestic and international forestry engineers and technicians on the occasion of Croatian forestry and Teresiana.

Hi fest theater festival

Hi fest - theater festival of 2003 the full name Bjelovarski echoes theater; two weeks showing the selected plays from the Croatian and abroad for adults and children, artistic director and founder of the festival is Goran Navojec.

Days of Czech Culture

is an annual cultural event held in Bjelovar in Croatia, which promotes a culture of Czechs in Croatia. Usually held in early May.It was first held 2005th year.Sponsors of this event are the City of Bjelovar, Bjelovar-Bilogora and the Czech Union of the Republic of Croatia.In the days of yesterday's events (2007 Took place two days), bjelovarski shop windows are decorated Czech costumes, Czech glass, crockery and similar items that were in use in ancient Croatian Czech households.

Memorial Park Borik

is a park Borik - Forests in Bjelovar on the plateau Vojnovic (also known as Plateau Matthias Gupca) in which there is a memorial cemetery of Serbs and revolutionaries from around Bjelovar, killed by the Ustasha during the Second World War.The memorial was designed Borik 1946 year when the mausoleum is set Bjelovar work of sculptor Vojin Bakic "call to arms" (also called "Bjelovarac").Bakic donated monument city of Bjelovar in memory of four of his brothers who are as anti-fascists killed by the Ustasha during the NDH.One of them was Milan Bakic Baja.According to the brothers Bakic was named Elementary School, which gained independence after the Croatian called II.Elementary School Bjelovar.At the entrance stood the words "Memorial Cemetery executed revolutionaries from the victims of fascist terror 1941 - 1945. Bjelovar.Plates with the names of the victims were strung out along the path around the monument.

Right Time to Visit

October - February
March - July

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