Samobor

City

Grad Samobor

Top: Church of Saint Anastasia; Center left: Samobor Fountain; Center right: Main Square; Bottom left: Gradna; Bottom right: Samobor mustard sign

Samobor

Location of Samobor within Croatia

Coordinates: 45°48′N 15°43′E / 45.800°N 15.717°ECoordinates: 45°48′N 15°43′E / 45.800°N 15.717°E

Country

Croatia

Zagreb

1242

Government

• Type

Mayor-council

• Mayor

Krešo Beljak (HSS)

• City council

25 members

• Electoral district

7th

Area

• City

250.73 km² (96.81 sq mi)

Highest elevation

860 m (2,820 ft)

Lowest elevation

127 m (417 ft)

Population (2011)

• City

37,633

• Density

150/km² (390/sq mi)

• Urban

18,659

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

10430

Website

http://www.samobor.hr

Samobor (pronounced [sâmɔ̝bɔ̝ːr]) is a city in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is part of the Zagreb metropolitan area.

Samobor is located west of Zagreb, between the eastern slopes of the Samobor hills (Croatian: Samoborsko gorje), the eastern part of Žumberak Mountain, in the Sava River valley. It is part of the historical region of Croatia proper.

The city government, court, police, health service, and a post office are part of the Samobor infrastructure.

Samobor has existed as a free royal town since 1242, according to a document of endowment by King Béla IV.

Since the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699, SZAMOBOR was part of the Habsburg Monarchy, (Transleithania after the compromise of 1867), and soon after in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, created when the Kingdom of Slavonia and the Kingdom of Croatia were merged in 1868. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Samobor was a district capital in the Zagreb County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

One of the chief industries in Samobor is crystal cutting, acclaimed in Europe and all over the world.

Many well-known Croats were born or lived in Samobor. Such notable personalities are:

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