Town Križevci

Križevci is a the most oldest city in Koprivacko- Krizevacka County and north Croatia, with very rich and famous history. Known also in his cultural inheritance we could find first written clue in documents 1193. but status of free and royal city it got in 1252. In Krizevci today live 10000 inhabitants and we invite you to come and visit Krizevci in time of city public show called "Krizevacko veloko spravisce".

Of particular note is the Greek Catholic cathedral, the seat of the Eparchy of Križevci since 1789. The cathedral building was worked on by some of Zagreb's finest architects: its facade was rebuilt by Bartol Felbinger in 1817 while an internal reconstruction was performed in the Gothic revival style by Hermann Bolle in 1892-97. The iconostasis and the pictures on the walls are works of famous Croatian painters including Ivan Tišov, Celestin Medović and Bela Čikoš-Sesija.

The city museum exhibits a rich archeological, ethnographic and cultural-historical collection.

The main town manifestation is called Križevačko veliko spravišće, commemorated yearly, when the local cultural traditions are displayed during a fiesta that lasts throughout the first full weekend of July. According to legend, this feast originates from a 14th century feast of reconciliation between the previously hostile communities of merchants from the towns of Križevac and the nobility from the nearby Kalnik hillside.