The City of Petrinja
The City of Petrinja is located on the right bank of the Kupa, at the mouth of the Petrinjčica. The area of the town of Petrinja is an integral part of Sisak-Moslavina County and covers an area of 380.94 km2.
The pride of Petrinja is its long tradition of cultural creativity, created over centuries, recorded in numerous publications by the guardians of Petrinja’s history and on the canvases of fine artists. The name Petrinja probably comes from the Latin word petrus, which means rock, stone, cliff, and may be related to one of the ancient Roman settlements in the stone-rich areas of Zrinska Gora.
Culture
The pride of Petrinja is its long tradition of cultural creativity, created over centuries, recorded in numerous publications by the guardians of Petrinja’s history and on the canvases of fine artists.
The name Petrinja probably comes from the Latin word petrus, which means rock, stone, cliff, and may be related to one of the ancient Roman settlements in the stone-rich areas of Zrinska Gora. In the middle of the 16th century, the bishops of Zagreb built a series of stone towers in the strategic positions of Banovina for defense against the Turks. This is evidenced by the remains of former cities.
History
Petrinja’s strategically significant position was probably the cause of almost constant fighting on the territory of historical Banovina. Petrinja changed its original location from a medieval fortress located at the foot of Zrinska gora to the Pokupska plain.
The old medieval Petrinja, the first written evidence of which dates back to 1240, with the charter of Bela IV. it received the privileges of a free royal city. After the collapse of the old Petrinja, in 1592 the Turks led by Hasan Pasha Predojević built Yeni Hisar or New Town, i.e. the new Petrinja, with the aim of conquering the well-fortified Sisak.
Tradition
The pride of Petrinja is its long tradition of cultural creativity, created over centuries, recorded in numerous publications by Petrinja’s guardians of history and on the canvases of fine artists.
Meat industry Gavrilović, pottery, handicrafts, folklore, beekeeping, viticulture, domestic Petrinja products of OPG’s…
Inheritance
The pride of Petrinja is its long tradition of cultural creativity, created over centuries, recorded in numerous publications by Petrinja’s guardians of history and on the canvases of fine artists.
The name Petrinja probably comes from the Latin word petrus, which means rock, stone, cliff, and may be related to one of the ancient Roman settlements in the stone-rich areas of Zrinska Gora. In the middle of the 16th century, the bishops of Zagreb built a series of stone towers in the strategic positions of Banovina for defense against the Turks. This is evidenced by the remains of former cities.
Petrinja legends
The pride of Petrinja is its long tradition of cultural creativity, created over centuries, recorded in numerous publications by the guardians of Petrinja’s history and on the canvases of fine artists.
Legend of Cvijeta Brestovska, Cursed Man from Lake Peck, Terrible Night in Klinac-grad, Dorothea and Martin Frankopan, Nova Petrinja, Paths of Ban Josip Jelačić…
Source of written materials and images:
TOURIST BOARD PETRINJA
www.petrinjaturizam.hr