The paper analyses quantitative and qualitative features of the population of five towns in the Bjelovar-Bilogora County, with the predicted number of inhabitants by 2051. It presents the movement in ...the number of inhabitants in the period 1857–2016, stressing the depopulation processes in the last five decades. Thanks to the industrialisation and deruralisation processes, up to the year 1991, there had been an intensive increase in the number of inhabitants of Bjelovar and Daruvar, while the number of inhabitants in Čazma, Garešnica and Grubišno Polje began decreasing as soon as at the time of the first census following World War Two. Over the last fifty years, the spatial image of the presence of population in the County changed significantly. In comparison with the Croatian average, depopulation processes in rural areas in this area were more intensive. This was confirmed by the analysis of the natural movement of population. As early as in the 1970s, not only all the municipalities, but also urban settlements of the Country entered the post-transitional demographic phase, which was characterised by negative differences between the birth and the death rates, as well as by a negative migration balance. These were the main causes of a nearly dramatic depopulation having taken place in the vast majority of settlements in the County. Furthermore, the aggravation of the age structure of population is directly connected with the aforementioned movements. There is a decrease in the percentage of the young population, whilst the contingent of the old population is in constant increase. The schooling (educational) structure of the population is becoming increasingly favourable, which – in a certain sense – increases the mobility, i.e. stimulates the negative migration balance. If the current trends of population movement (present for the last two decades) are projected into 2051, the number of inhabitants of Bjelovar will – around the mid-21st century – decrease by approximately 25 %, of Čazma by 47 %, of Daruvar by 54 %, of Garešnica by around 63 %, and of Grubišno Polje by nearly 80 %. This is more than likely to initiate extremely negative movements within population aging processes and other qualitative features, accompanied by dramatic demographic vacation of rural areas. Demographic movements of this kind oughtto present the final alarm for the entire society to create and implement a new, long-term demographic and developmental policy.
U nizu velikih imena koja je kroz povijest dala Koprivnica i Podravina, svakako se ističe humanist, znanstvenik i sportaš Žarko Dolinar (Koprivnica, 3. 7. 1920. – Basel, 9. 3. 2003.). U ovom radu dat ...je pregled podataka o životnom putu i stvaralaštvu tog značajnog Koprivničanca. Poticaj za ova istraživanja bio je kolokvij o Žarku Dolinaru, koji su 2020., a u povodu njegove stote godišnjice rođenja, organizirali Grad Koprivnica, Muzej grada i Povijesno društvo. U prvom dijelu rada iznose se poznati i dosad manje poznati podaci iz životopisa Žarka Dolinara. Kako je to za njega rekao hrvatski nobelovac Lavoslav Ružička, »Dolinar je jedan od najkompletnijih i najaktivnijih akademičara koje sam upoznao«. S obzirom da se Dolinar intenzivno bavio sportom (bio je i svjetski prvak u stolnom tenisu), znanošću (u Zagrebu i Švicarskoj), te osobito kolekcionarstvom, društvenim i kulturnim djelovanjem, njegov životopis je vrlo bogat i kompleksan, pa ovaj rad predstavlja tek mali prinos poznavanju njegova djelovanja, te je možda poticaj za nova i temeljitija istraživanja.
Vlada Republike Hrvatske je početkom veljače 2011. proglasila područje uz rijeke Muru i Dravu regionalnim parkom, što je u skladu s europskim nastojanjem očuvanja prirodnog okoliša ovoga područja. ...Regionalni park Mura-Drava usko je holoceno područje uz Muru i Dravu, koje se proteže na 83 km donjega toka Mure, te na 323 km srednjega i donjega toka Drave. Zaštićeno područje obuhvaća 877 četvornih kilometara. Uz Nacionalni park Drava-Dunav sa sjeverne strane u Mađarskoj, naš Regionalni park Mura-Drava je po kilometraži najdulje zaštićeno područje u Europi. U strukturi lokalne uprave RP Mura-Drava proteže se kroz 5 županija, djelomice zahvaća područje 8 gradova i čak 46 općina. U RP Mura-Drava nalazi se i 20 naselja u kojima je 1857. živjelo 5.348 stanovnika, zatim najviše 1948. godine 14.921 žitelj, te uz procese depopulacije u 2011. živi 5.513 duša.
For centuries Croatia has been in a political association with Hungary. The borderbetween these two states lies on the Drava and the Mura rivers and is actually one of the oldest in Middle Europe, ...although between 1102 and 1526 there was a common Croatian-Hungarian kingdom and between 1526 and 1918 Hapsburg Monarchy (between 1867 and 1918 Austria- Hungary). The changes of the state border caused by the changes of the Drava and Mura’s bed, political interventions in the area of Međimurje and Baranja, especially from 18th to the middle of 20th century (1945) can be traced on the old maps, and these cartographic presentations represent a valuable historical source. The issue of border changes between Croatia and Hungary can be analyzed from two aspects: 1. macro analysis – i.e. bigger territory changes of the border between Croatia and Hungary 2. microanalysis – i.e. determining the border on the troubled rivers of the Drava and the Mura The macro plan includes the border changes between Croatia and Hungary where the most important issue is the borders in border areas of Međumurje, Prekodravlje and Baranje. For centuries there were arguments about the border in Prekodravlje. This part of Croatia, in Koprivnica area, has been populated by the Croats in the middle Ages, and in 16th and 17th century it was destroyed by Turks. At the beginning of 19th century Prekodravlje was again populated by Croats, two parishes, Gola and Ždala, were founded and they belonged to Zagreb bishopric (in 1854 it became archbishopric). Baranja was a part of the Hungarian district the longest of all border areas and beside Hungarians and Germans it was also populated by Croats and Serbs. It was annexed to Kingdom SHS (i.e. Republic of Croatia) by Trianon peace treaty in 1920. The old maps are very interesting because they document the microanalysis of the Croatian-Hungarian border, especially the border on the troubled Drava river. In this area the Drava is already a typical lowland-river, and in some Holocene sand and pebbles accumulation it meandered and changed its bed. For this reason it was necessary to determine the borderline which won’t change and will not depend on the river. Military land surveys conducted from 1781 to 1785 determined the borderline in the former Drava bed which was later verified by Trianon peace treaty.
Povezanost života i stvaralaštva Zvonimira Bartolića s njegovim rodnim mjestom, Donjom Dubravom, bila je neraskidiva i trajna. Dobrava je tom svjetskom duhu bila osnovno mjerilo usporedbe, a obitelj ...polazište i moralna vertikala. U članku se stoga donosi veći broj citata iz Bartolićeva proznog i pjesničkog opusa, koji najbolje dočaravaju taj specifični odnos autora i zavičaja. Također je na osnovi matičnih knjiga i druge dokumentacije rekonstruirana genealogija obitelji Bartolić od prvoga spominjanja krajem 18. stoljeća.
Drava, kao jedna od najvećih hrvatskih rijeka, u prošlosti je za život stanovništva imala važnu ulogu. Jedna od životnih funkcija koja se odvijala na Dravi bio je promet. Upravo je Drava bila žila ...kucavica koja je spajala stanovništvo u cijelom porječju. Važna sastavnica te prometne funkcije bilo je šajkaštvo i splavarstvo. U članku se uvodno razrađuju uvjeti za promet na Dravi, a potom povijest splavarstva (i šajkaštva) od antičkog razdoblja do polovice 20. stoljeća. Posebna pozornost poklonjena je razvoju splavarstva (fljojsarstva) na Dravi od kraja 18. do polovice 20. stoljeća, s temeljnom razradbom toga prometa na emitivnim pristaništima u Sloveniji (od Dravograda do Dupleka) te poslovno-distributivnim pristaništima od Maribora do Đerdapa. Razrađeno je detaljno djelovanje poslovne tvrtke Ujlaki-Hirschler i sin u Donjoj Dubravi, koja je bila središte fljojsarstva na Dravi u 19. i 20. stoljeću. Dana je razradba izgradnje i značajki splavi i šajki te načina rada i života splavara.
Dieses Buch wurde anlässlich des 80-jährigen Jubiläums des Arbeitsbeginns des Elektrokraftwerks in Koprivnica, von den Bürgern der Stadt »munjara« (Munja = Blitz) gennant, veröffentlicht. Das ...städtische Elektrokraftwerk begann mit der Arbeit im Jahr 1925, als die Gaslaternen der öffentlichen Straßenbeleuchtung gegen Glühbirnen umgetauscht wurden.
Das städtische Gaswerk in Koprivnica wurde noch 1910 gebaut, und das Elektrokraftwerk fuhr auf dessen Grundlage fünfzehn Jahre später mit der Arbeit fort.
In Nordwestkroatien leuchteten die Glühbirnen der öffentlichen Straßenbeleuchtung mit Hilfe einer Gleichstrom führenden Leitung noch im letzten Jahrzehnt des 19. Jahrhunderts. So wurde neben der Dampfmühle in Čakovec 1893 auch das Elektrokraftwerk gebaut, zwei Jahre später auch in Varaždin. In Križevci begann das städtische Elektrokraftwerk 1912 mit der Arbeit, in Bjelovar 1915, in Virovitica 1919, in Ludbreg 1936, in Prelog 1925 usw. Die Stadtverwaltung in Koprivnica entschied sich lieber für die Gasbeleuchtung, genauso wie die Stadt Zagreb, so dass elektrischer Strom in diese Städte etwas später »eingetroffen« ist.
Manche Teile des Nordwestkroatiens schlossen sich an das System der Fernleitungen an, die an das 1927 gebaute Wasserkraftwerk »Fala« an der Drau bei Maribor angeschlossen waren. Podravina und Koprivnica schlossen sich an das kroatische (jugoslawische) Elektrosystem erst 1940 an. Seitdem fängt die Periode der intensiven Elektrifizierung aller Siedlungen in Podravina an, die meistens bis 1967 endete. In Koprivnica wurde »Elektra«, ein starkes regionales Unternehmen für die Stromerzeugung und -versorgung gegründet, das bis heute ununterbrochen in Betrieb ist.
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