Our country, city, school and
school library
Kristina Šprem, Tea Lazić, Mirna Sabol, Sara Čulo,
Magdalena Magdić, Lucija Kos, Dorothy Šimotić, Tena
Slobodnjak, Ema Zeman, Helena Lujić and Marinela
Varga – 6. b and 6. c grade
School librarian Dejana Kurtović
Teacher Karolina Šteković-Junković
Croatia is a country
in the southern Europe
CROATIA
• Croatia is a
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medium-size
European country.
Its position is both
central European
and Mediterranean,
as well as
Pannonian-Adriatic.
The 45th parallel of
the northern
latitude runs
through Croatia,
wich means that
Croatia is half way
to the North Pole
and the Equator.
CROATIA
• Its constitutional tradition dates back to the
mediaeval duchy (8th century).
• Republic of Croatia is proclaimed on 25th of
June 1991. It is our Statehood Day.
• Croatia is defined as a unitary and indivisible
democratic and social state.
CROATIAN NATIONAL FLAG
• Croatian National flag is a red-white-blue tricolor with the
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historic Croatian chequered coat of arms (25 red and white
fields) and stylized crown with five smaller shields
featuring coats of arms.
The red-white chequered coat of arms on a shield has been
the symbol of Croatian statehood ever since the early
times.
The beginnings of the coat of arms date back to the 11th
century – from the period of the Croatian kings.
CROATIAN ANTHEM
• The Croatian anthem Lijepa naša (Our
Beautiful Homeland) is written in 1835.
(Antun Mihanović ) and set to music in
1846. (Josip Runjanin).
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Croatian kuna
•The official Croatian
currency is Croatian
kuna –HRK (1 HRK
= 100 Lipa).
•Croatia has a
population of 4,7
miliona people.
• The capital is Zagreb.
Zagreb is also the biggest
city (1,5 million of
people).
• It borders with Serbia,
Hungary, Slovenia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Monontenegro and with
Italy and Slovenia on the
sea (930 km).
Croatian islands
• Croatia has a many islands
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(around 1000) and beach
(Jadranko more – Adriatic sea).
The Adriatic sea is a small and
relatively shallow sea.
Croatia has 33000 km of the
Adriatic.
There are 718 offshore islands,
389 rocks and 78 reefs.
The biggest islands are Krk,
Cres, Brač and Hvar.
The island of Korčula, Krk,
Brač and Hvar have the largest
population.
Temperature
• Much of Croatia exhibits
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moderate continental climate,
while mountain climate is found
in higher mountains
(Velebit,…).
Islands have the Mediterranean
climate.
The mean temperature in
January ranges mostly from 0°C
to -2°C in the continetal part,
while in the islands have a
temperature from 2°C to 9°C.
Temperature in July in the
continental part of Croatia is
22°C.
Regions in Croatia
• The versatile climate
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under the variety of
vegetation.
It’s divided into the
Pannonian part of Croatia,
Gorski kotar-Lika (Region
of mountains) and region
of Hrvatsko primorje
(Croatian coastal part).
Around 36% of the total
area is forested.
The highest mounts are
Dinara, Kamešnica,
Biokovo and Velebit, and
the biggest rivers are
Sava, Drava, Danube and
Krka.
Croatian spa
• Croatia has several mineral springs
(Jamnička Kiselica, Lipik, …) and even
more thermal mineral springs, most of
them found in the region of Hrvatsko
Zagorje (Tuheljske, …), in northern Croatia
(Lipik, Daruvar, …) , and those in the
littoral belt (Split, …).
• All these spas are now health resorts.
Ethnic structure of the
Croatian
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the population of the
Republic of Croatia
exhibits both high and
stable homogeneity.
The majority are Croats
(78%).
Other populations
include ethnic groups:
Serb (14%), Muslim,
Slovenian, Italian,
Czech, Slovakian,
Albanian, Gypsy, etc.
Croatian diocese
• The majority of the population
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of the Republic of Croatia are
Roman Catholic (76,6%), while
other religions account for
12,3% (other Christian sects,
Muslim, atheist,…).
Today the Catholic church in
the area of the Republic of
Croatia is territorially divided
into 12 (arch)bishoprics
forming three metropolitan
provinces.
The Bjelovarsko-Krizevacka
metropolitan is the youngest
(arch)bishopric.
Tourism in Croatia
• Tourism in Croatia has a tradition of over 150
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years.
Its begginnings are linked with health resorts
and tourism (Daruvar 1818.)
The region of Hrvatsko Primorje is the most
developed tourist region accounting for as
many as 93% of the income from tourism.
National holidays
of Republic Croatia are
• 1st of January (New
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Year’s Day)
6th of January (Epiphani)
Easter and Easter Monday
1st of May (Labour Day)
22nd of June (Day of
Antifascist Victory)
25th of June (Statehood
Day)
5th of August (Homeland
Thanks giving Day)
• 15th of August (the
Assumption)
• 8th of October
(Independence Day)
• 1st of Novembar (All
Saint Day)
• 25th and 26th of
December (Christmas
holidays)
Souvenirs of
Republic Croatia
• Regarding the souvenirs, some of the regions have
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their specific offer, often of a highquality craftsmanship
(Šestine’s umbrellas, ’’penkala’’ pens, proteceted
models and casts of works of art) or artistitc lever
(lacework-Hvar,...).
Supreme quality wines can also be bought.
The Croatian language
• The Croatian language is the standard and offical language in the
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Republic of Croatia as well as the language of the Croats in Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
It is spoken by around 5,5 million people on a more or less compact
area of Croatia, western Vojvodina, parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
and Boka Kotorska, as well as by 1,5 to 2 million Croats worldwide: the
Croatian enclaves in Austria (region Burgenland), Hungary, Slovakia,
Romania, Italy (region Molise), diaspora in western Europe, in the USA,
Canada, Australia, New Zeland, South America and South Africa.
The Croatian language is divided into three dialects: the kajkavian
(spoken in north-western Croatia), chakavian (spoken in south-western
Croatia) and štokavian (spoken east of the above mentioned two
dialects).
The present standard and literacy language is based on the new
štokavian dialects of the jekavian speech variant and written in Latin
script.
The Baška Tablet is one of the eariliest monuments written in the
Croatian language (AD 1100).
Bjelovar is one of the major
Croatian cities
BJELOVAR
OUR
SCHOOL
BJELOVAR
• A town in the Lonja-Ilova basin, in the southern
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piedmont part of Bilogora, 80 km east of
Zagreb.
Has a population of 45 thousands.
Cultural, administrative and business centre of
the Bilogora region.
Major industries food processing (milling
industry, meat products, alcoholic drinks, dairy
products, biscuits), building contracting and
metal processing.
Bjelovar is located on the main road.
BJELOVAR
• Remains of the cultures
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from the Late Iron Age
onwards.
First mentioned in 1420 as
a market-town.
On the map by Stjepan
Glavač (1673.) the town
was called Belovac.
In 1756, the construction
of a military settlement
started, which gradually
got features of an artisan
and merchant town.
Bjelovar was granted the
status of a free royal town
in 1874.
BJELOVAR’S BUILDINGS
• The main square is a successfully
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conceived urban whole, typical for
Military-Border towns.
It features the baroque church
(cathedral) St. Theresa, built from
1765. to 1772., with school in the
former Piarist college buildings on
both sides.
The church has four stone altars
from 1889. (I. Franz, D. Morak).
The confessionals were made by J.
Rogina.
The Orthodox church of the Holy
Spirit was built from 1792. to 1795.
Its belfry was finished in 1833.
The iconostasis and mural paintings
are works by C. Medović, B. ČikošSesija, I. Tišov and J. Hohnjec.
BJELOVAR’S BUILDINGS
• The main square also
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comprises the army
barracks “Preradović”
with a series of arcades
on the groundfloor.
The classicist-style library
building was built in the
19th century and the
grammar school building
was finished in 1901.
according to S.
Smočinski’s design.
The “Sokolski Dom” was
erected in 1912.
BJELOVAR’S BUILDINGS
• The Town Museum keeps
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archaeological and
ethnographic holdings, as well
as a number of exhibits from
cultural history.
The museum gallery displays
the works by contemporary
painters and sculptors related
to Bjelovar.
Among cultural and historical
monuments, built according to
physical plans, the most
interesting are the Town
Museum building, the parish
church of St. Theresa with the
Historic Archives and the
“Preradović” barracks.
INTERESTING EVENTS IN
BJELOVAR
• Bjelovar Livestock Exhibition
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(in September) is the main
annual event in the town.
Sports grounds as well as the
surrounding forests
(Bilogora) provide various
sports and recreational
opportunities.
The forests are rich in game.
There is an abundance of
fish in the Česma and
Plavnice rivers, as well as in
the fishponds Siščani,
Narta,…
INTERESTING EVENTS IN
BJELOVAR AND BILOGORA
• DokuArt film festival
• Udaraljški festival
(International Percussion
Ensemble Week)
• Terezijana (Celebration of
coming the queen Theresa to
town Bjelovar in 18th
century). It is cultural and
touristic spectacle in July.
• Europski tjedan (European
week)
• 8-30km from Bjelovar are
Museum and ethno-village
Veliko Trojstvo, mountain
lodge Kamenitovac on
Bilogora, Šandrovac (weekend
resort with bathing facilities),
Narta fishpond, Đurđevac
(naive art gallery),…
OUR SCHOOL
4TH
PRIMARY
SCHOOL
BJELOVAR
AND ITS
SCHOOL
LIBRARY
• 4th primary school Bjelovar is open on 7th September 1973.
• It is ECO SCHOOL and SCHOOL WITHOUT VIOLENCE.
• It has got wonderful environment.
• School has 818 students and 60 teachers, 1 pedagogue, 1 social
worker, 1 school librarian, 1 psychologist, 1 defectologist, 4
school cooks, 6 cleaning woman and 2 housekeeper (school
masters).
This is
our
school
eco
logo
OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY
• In our library has over 8 000 books,
500 audiovisual materials and over 35
magazines.
• In our school library there is a
reading room where we can spend
our leisure time reading books,
playing didactic games, watching
educational films, working on the
computer, writing homework, etc.
Our school librarian and our
small school librarians
• PowerPoint presentation was made
by Kristina Šprem, Tea Lazić, Mirna Sabol,
Sara Čulo, Magdalena Magdić, Lucija Kos,
Dorothy Šimotić, Tena Slobodnjak, Ema
Zeman, Helena Lujić and Marinela Varga.
• Oversaw the presentation,
transformed and rewrote by the
school librarian Dejana Kurtović, with
minor changes.
• The lector is the teacher Karolina
Šteković-Junković.
Students of
6. grade,
school
librarian and
teacher
Karolina
ŠtekovićJunković
Students of 2. c grade
and teacher Irma Rogulja
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