Country Croatia Elevation 186 m (610 ft) Local time Sunday 2:25 PM | County Krapina-Zagorje Time zone CET (UTC+1) Team KK Zabok | |
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Zabok is a town and municipality situated in northwest Croatia in the Krapina-Zagorje County. It has a total population of 8,994 (census 2011). Zabok is situated on the main crossroads in the heart of Hrvatsko zagorje region. Zabok is the economical centre of the Krapina-Zagorje County.
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Map of Zabok, Croatia
Geography
Zabok is located at 46°1′46″N 15°54′54″E, at an altitude of 186 m above sea level. The following settlements comprise the city:
In the 2011 census, 98% of the population were Croats.
The biggest park area in Zabok is Milan Prpić's park. There are also other smaller parks in the centre of Zabok, along with a number of playgrounds which were built as part of the town's housing projects. Town's cemetery with a finely kept garden is located in the northeastern part of the town centre.
Politics
The town's major Ivan Hanžek (Social Democratic Party of Croatia) was elected a member of the Croatian Parliament in the 2007 parliamentary election.
History
In 1782, Sigismund Vojković-Vojkffy started the construction of a church in Zabok, completing it in 1805. With the abolition of the feudalism, former serfs were offered a possibility of choosing their own place of settlement, and the majority settled along the roads connecting Gredice and Bračak with the new centre developing around the church, to form the new city centre. The town reached its final shape in the period after World War II, when it spread longitudinally along the northern side of the railway track.
Culture
Zabok is home to monuments to Antun Gustav Matoš and Katarina Zrinska. The soprano Vlatka Oršanić was born in Zabok and received her early music education at the music school there.