Petrinja

Petrinja is a city in crucial Croatia close to Zagreb inside the historic vicinity of Banovina. The town belongs to Sisak-Moslavina County. It is said that the city existed in Roman technology inside the location of Zrinska Gora, which is very wealthy in stone. West of Petrinja is Petrova gora, web site of the 1097 Battle of Gvozd Mountain among King Petar Svacic of Croatia and Coloman of Hungary.

The first written hint of Petrinja as an inhabited settlement is the only about the benefits offered to the population of Petrinja via the Slavonian duke Koloman in 1240. This vintage medieval Petrinja belongs to the time of warring with the Turks. In 1592, Petrinja turned into given a brand new area with the construction and building of a Turkish citadel at the confluence of the Petrinjcica and the Kupa rivers. The fortress become to serve the Turks in conquering Sisak, Turopolje and Zagreb. In the year 1773, Austrian empress Maria Theresa determined upon Petrinja to be the centre for craft guild, which protected the entire territory of the Military Frontier.