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Samobor
—  City  —
Grad Samobor
King Tomislav Square
Samobor Location of Samobor within Croatia
Coordinates: 45°48′N 15°43′E / 45.8°N 15.717°E / 45.8; 15.717Coordinates: 45°48′N 15°43′E / 45.8°N 15.717°E / 45.8; 15.717
Country	Croatia
County	Zagreb County
Free royal city	1242
Settlements	77 settlements
Government
• Type	Mayor-council
• Mayor	Krešo Beljak (HSS)
• City council	25 members Zdenko Cesnik Mira Čebušnik Linda Rossini Gajšak Roland Gajšak Maja Gračanin Vinko Jaklenec (v.p.) Marica Jelenić Zlatko Korenčić Vinko Kovačić Stjepan Kozlina Ivica Kumerički Boris Makarun Olga Mardešić Dražen Martić Tomislav Masten Stajka Mikulčić (v.p.) Andrija Noršić Franjo Oslaković Tomislav Pađan Božidar Svetić Marko Tandarić Martina Tkalec Ivan Vlainić Anica Vraneković Željko Žarko (pres.)
• 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)[1]
• City	37,607
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
• Urban	15,867
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	10430
Area code	01
Vehicle registration	ZG
Patron saints	St. Anne
Website	http://www.samobor.hr

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

Geography[link]

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.

Population[link]

In the 2011 Croatian census, the total population of the administrative territory of Samobor was 37,607, distributed in the following settlements:^[1]

Settlements[link]

Administration[link]

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

History[link]

This section requires expansion.

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

Economy[link]

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

Famous people[link]

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

• Ferdo Livadić Wiesner, a prominent member of the nationalist Illyrian movement in the 19th century, piano composer and writer of the most famous Croatian patriotic song (Croatian: budnica) of the 19th century, Još Horvatska ni propala (English: Croatia Hasn't Perished Yet)
• Antun Gustav Matoš, poet and writer, lived in Samobor for four years
• Milan Lang, reformer of education in Croatia and teacher at the Samobor school
• Antonio Šančić, tennis player

Monuments and sightseeings[link]

Church of Saint Anastazia

Trg Kralja Tomislava

Ruins of the Samobor castle

Samobor is one of the earliest tourist resorts in the region, with the first tourist facilities dating back to 1810, catering to anglers, hunters and hikers. The town's beautiful surroundings and vicinity to the capital have supported this tourist tradition to the present day. In 1846, Samobor was paid a visit by the composer Franz Liszt, who at that time was visiting Zagreb during one of his numerous concert tours. Liszt came to Samobor to see his friend Ferdo Livadić, in his lodgings at the Livadić mansion, which is today the town museum. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Livadić mansion came under the ownership of a Jewish family named Daničić. They were forced to leave as a result of the Nazi invasion in 1941. Shortly after this, the mansion was confiscated by the newly formed Independent State of Croatia and never returned to the Daničić family.

• On Tepec hill, only 10 minutes walk from the city centre, there are still-visible remains of the Samobor Castle fortress built in 13th century.

Education[link]

There are two elementary schools and one high school in Samobor:

• Osnovna škola Bogumil Toni (English: Bogumil Toni Elementary School)
• Osnovna škola Samobor (English: Samobor Elementary School)(formerly Osnovna škola Janko Mišić)
• Srednja škola Samobor (English: Samobor High School), consisting of two academies teaching arts such as economy and trade; the Gimnazija Antuna Gustava Matoša (English: Antun Gustav Matoš Comprehensive School);

and the Srednja strukovna škola Samobor - with technical studies, hairdressing, etc.

There is also a music academy - Glazbena škola Ferdo Livadić.

Sport[link]

This section requires expansion.

The local football club is NK Samobor, who play in the Treća HNL.

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Samobor

• Official website

v t e Subdivisions of Zagreb County Towns Dugo Selo Ivanić-Grad Jastrebarsko Samobor Sveta Nedelja Sveti Ivan Zelina Velika Gorica Vrbovec Zaprešić Municipalities Bedenica Bistra Brdovec Brckovljani Dubrava Dubravica Farkaševac Gradec Jakovlje Klinča Sela Kloštar Ivanić Krašić Kravarsko Križ Luka Marija Gorica Orle Pisarovina Pokupsko Preseka Pušća Rakovec Rugvica Stupnik Žumberak

v t e Cities and major settlements of Croatia by population 100,000+ Osijek Rijeka Split Zagreb 35,000+ Bjelovar Dubrovnik Karlovac Kaštela Pula Samobor Šibenik Sisak Slavonski Brod Varaždin Velika Gorica Vinkovci Zadar 10,000+ Beli Manastir Belišće Benkovac Čakovec Crikvenica Đakovo Daruvar Duga Resa Dugo Selo Garešnica Gospić Imotski Ivanec Ivanić-Grad Jastrebarsko Kastav Knin Koprivnica Krapina Križevci Kutina Labin Makarska Metković Našice Nova Gradiška Novi Marof Novska Ogulin Omiš Opatija Petrinja Pleternica Ploče Poreč Požega Rovinj Sinj Slatina Solin Sveta Nedelja Sveti Ivan Zelina Trogir Umag Valpovo Virovitica Vrbovec Vukovar Zaprešić Županja

Edin Karamazov is a renowned Bosnian musician-lutenist (born in 1965 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina). He studied lute with Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

He worked with such ensembles as Hesperion, L'Arpeggiata, Hilliard Ensemble, Mala Punica, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and singers Andreas Scholl, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Arianna Savall, and Sting.^[1] Karamazov's solo archlute recording features Benjamin Britten's "Nocturnal" and J.S.Bach's Partita in d-minor (orig. for violin).

Recent collaborations with Sting (in the field of 16th century music) resulted in the album and film Songs from the Labyrinth, devoted to the lute-songs of John Dowland.^[2][3]

Karamazov's 2008 solo CD project on DECCA "The Lute is a Song" includes guest appearances of Sting, Renée Fleming and Macedonian singer and songwriter Kaliopi.^[4]

See also[link]

• Songs from the Labyrinth
• Sting
• Lute

References[link]

External links[link]

• Edin Karamazov at Amazon.com
• Biography at Konzertdirektion Hörtnagel Berlin

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