Koprivnica

City

City of Koprivnica
Grad Koprivnica

Top: City park; Bottom left: City center; Bottom right: Koprivnica railway station;

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Koprivnica

Location of Koprivnica in Croatia

Coordinates: 46°09′46″N 16°49′42″E / 46.16278°N 16.82833°E

Government

• Mayor

Vesna Želježnjak (SDP)

Area

• Total

90.94 km² (35.11 sq mi)

Elevation

149 m (489 ft)

Population (2011)

• Total

30,854

• Density

340/km² (880/sq mi)

(municipality total)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

48000

Area code(s)

048

Website

www.koprivnica.hr

Koprivnica (pronounced [kɔ̝̌priːv̞nit͡sa]) is a city in northern Croatia. It is the capital of the Koprivnica-Križevci county. In 2011, the city's administrative area of 90,94 km² had a total population of 30,854, with 23,955 in the city proper.

The list of settlements in the Koprivnica municipality is:

Koprivnica (German: Kopreinitz, Hungarian: Kapronca) is situated at a strategic location – on the slopes of Bilogora and Kalnik from the south and river Drava from the north. Its position enabled it to develop numerous functions for the wider area such as trade, crafts and administration and in the 13th century Koprivnica became a town settlement. Koprivnica was named after the brook with the same name, which was first mentioned at the beginning of the 13th century during the Hungarian Kingdom.

Koprivnica has a history similar to nearby Varaždin: it was first mentioned in 1272 in a document by prince László IV and declared a free royal town by king Lajos I in 1356, and flourished as a trading place and a military fortress since.

In the 14th century, the town settlement further developed due to increased trade under the influence of Varaždin. During the construction of Renaissance fortification in the second half of the 16th century Koprivnica was the centre of Slavonian military border. Koprivnica had in its troops musketeers, German soldiers, hussars and infantry. At that time the Renaissance square emerges together with the Town hall which emphasized the renaissance identity, so Koprivnica is today legitimately considered a renaissance town.

The military aspect set it back some when it was included in the Military Frontier in the 16th century during the wars with the Ottoman Turks, but after Maria Theresia's decree of 1765 it resumed life as a peaceful little merchant town that it really was.

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