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Čakovec (pronounced Chako-vets, Hungarian: Csáktornya) is a city in northern Croatia, located at 46.38° N 16.43° E. It is also the county seat and largest city of Međimurje County, a region located between the rivers Mura and Drava and well known for its vineyards, agriculture and hunting grounds. As of the 2001 census, the population of the city with its suburbs is 30,455, while it itself is populated by 15,790 inhabitants, and its population primarily consists of ethnic Croats and Roman Catholics, with the largest minorities being the Roma, Serbs and Slovenians.
In Roman times, as the geographer Strabo reported in the 1st century, this was the site of Aquama (wet town), at the time a marshland, a military post and legionnaire camp. Its name comes from the count Dimitrius Csaky, who with the beginning of the 13th century erected the timber fortification later named "Csak's tower". It was mentioned for the first time in 1328. The place appears in the official books in 1333. The period of more significant economic and cultural growth of ÄŒakovec is considered to have started in 1547, when Nikola Å ubić Zrinski of Siget became the owner of the area. At that time, the castle was lavishly decorated, surrounded by a park and sculptures of famous army leaders and monarchs. Duke Juraj Zrinski granted privileges to the inhabitants of the ÄŒakovec fortress and its suburbs on May 29, 1579, which was the starting point for ÄŒakovec to become a free market town. The date is celebrated as the City Day. In 1738 the city was devastated by an earthquake and in 1741 by a fire. Another earthquake hit in 1880. At the end of the 18th century the owners of the town became counts FeÅ¡tetić, and the town was turned into a big estate where industry, crafts and trade developed. In 1848, the ban Josip JelaÄ?ić liberated ÄŒakovec from Hungarians and joined it to Croatia. In 1893 electric power was introduced to the city. Upon signing the treaty with the Third Reich, (March 25, 1941), Kingdom of Yugoslavia became the member of the Axis powers. On April 6, 1941 it was attacked by the same alliance soon to be conquered and divided. Between 1941 and 1945, ÄŒakovec was under Hungarian occupation. It was liberated by the Soviet Red army in 1945.
In Roman times, as the geographer Strabo reported in the 1st century, this was the site of Aquama (wet town), at the time a marshland, a military post and legionnaire camp. Its name comes from the count Dimitrius Csaky, who with the beginning of the 13th century erected the timber fortification later named "Csak's tower". It was mentioned for the first time in 1328. The place appears in the official books in 1333. The period of more significant economic and cultural growth of ÄŒakovec is considered to have started in 1547, when Nikola Å ubić Zrinski of Siget became the owner of the area. At that time, the castle was lavishly decorated, surrounded by a park and sculptures of famous army leaders and monarchs. Duke Juraj Zrinski granted privileges to the inhabitants of the ÄŒakovec fortress and its suburbs on May 29, 1579, which was the starting point for ÄŒakovec to become a free market town. The date is celebrated as the City Day. In 1738 the city was devastated by an earthquake and in 1741 by a fire. Another earthquake hit in 1880. At the end of the 18th century the owners of the town became counts FeÅ¡tetić, and the town was turned into a big estate where industry, crafts and trade developed. In 1848, the ban Josip JelaÄ?ić liberated ÄŒakovec from Hungarians and joined it to Croatia. In 1893 electric power was introduced to the city. Upon signing the treaty with the Third Reich, (March 25, 1941), Kingdom of Yugoslavia became the member of the Axis powers. On April 6, 1941 it was attacked by the same alliance soon to be conquered and divided. Between 1941 and 1945, ÄŒakovec was under Hungarian occupation. It was liberated by the Soviet Red army in 1945.
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