Daruvar

Daruvar
Town
City of Daruvar Grad Daruvar Město Daruvar
Main street in Daruvar
Coat of arms
Daruvar Location of Daruvar in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°35′34″N 17°13′25″E / 45.592895°N 17.223685°E / 45.592895; 17.223685
Country	Croatia
County	Bjelovar-Bilogora
Government
• Mayor	Dalibor Rohlik (SDP)
Area
• Total	64 km2 (25 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	11,633 (municipality)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Daruvar (Czech: Daruvar, German: Daruwar, Hungarian: Daruvár, Latin: Aqua Balissae) is a spa town in Slavonia, northeastern Croatia, with a population of 8,567, as of 2011. It is located on the foothills of Papuk mountain and along the Toplica river. The main political and cultural centre of the Czech national minority in Croatia, it has a winemaking tradition reportedly dating back more than 2000 years.

Daruvar is located 125 km from Zagreb, the national capital, and 130 km from Osijek, the main city of Slavonia to the east. The closest cities are: Pakrac, Lipik, Novska, Križevci, Bjelovar, Virovitica.

Daruvar is located in the Bjelovar-Bilogora County. The list of settlements within the city limits is:

Archaeological findings here, (stone axes), could be traced back to the stone age. The history of Daruvar could be traced to the 4th century BC, when the first organized habitation emerged near the warm geothermal spas in today's Daruvar valley. Celtic - Pannonian tribes living here and familiar with water treatments benefiting health, were Iassi, (meaning healers), so called by both Greek and Roman writers.