Matica Hrvatska
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| Formation | 10 February 1842 |
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| Type | Cultural institution, Nonprofit and Non-governmental organization |
| Headquarters | Zagreb, Croatia |
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President
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Academician Stjepan Damjanović |
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Budget
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9,500,000 HRK (c. $1,500,000) (2014) |
| Website | www |
Matica hrvatska (Latin: Matrix Croatica) is the oldest independent, non-profit and non-governmental Croatian national institution. It was founded on February 2, 1842 by the Croatian Count Janko Drašković and other prominent members of the Illyrian movement during the Croatian National Revival (1835-1874). Its main goals are to promote Croatian national and cultural identity in the fields of art, science, spiritual creativity, economy and public life as well as to care for social development of Croatia.
Today, in the Palace of Matica hrvatska in the centre of Zagreb more than hundred book presentations, scientific symposia, round table discussions, professional and scientific lectures and concerts of classical music are being organized annually.
Matica Hrvatska is also one of the largest and most important book and magazine publishers in Croatia. Magazines issued by Matica are Vijenac, Hrvatska revija and Kolo. Matica Hrvatska also publishes many books in one of its most famous editions called Stoljeća hrvatske književnosti (Centuries of Croatian literature).
As of 2015 Matica has 120 branches in: Austria (1), Belgium (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (17), Croatia (96), Germany (1), Hungary (3) and Serbia (1).
The name Matica is best translated as "The Centre", although the term matica in this context translates as "queen bee" or "parent body", and the adjective hrvatska refers to Croatia and/or Croats. According to this, the name of Matica hrvatska can be literally translated into english as "Parent body of the Croats".
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