Learn Croatian. Croatian Language Phrases. Croatia - Historical and Cultural Overview. Kroatia. Koordinater: 44°58′N 15°39′Ø (kart) Kroatia (kroatisk: Hrvatska), offisielt Republikken Kroatia (kroatisk: Republika Hrvatska) er et land i Europa som grenser mot Adriaterhavet i sørvest, Slovenia i nordvest, Ungarn i nord samt Serbia, Bosnia-Hercegovina og Montenegro i øst. Hovedstaden og det økonomiske senter er Zagreb. Landet er en tidligere jugoslavisk republikk, og består av 21 fylker. Landskapet domineres av en lavslette i øst (Slavonia og et sørgående fjellandskap langs havet i vest (Dalmatia). Kysten i vest har siden omkring 2000 hatt et kraftig oppsving i turisme, landets nye hovednæring. Kroatia var sammen med Slovenia den rikeste og mest industrialiserte delen av Jugoslavia, og rev seg i 1991 løs fra unionen. Naturgeografi[rediger | rediger kilde] Landet omfatter landskapene (det egentlige) Kroatia, Slavonia, Dalmatia og det sørlige Istria.
Naturen i Kroatia er storslagen. Areal, landegrenser og kystlinje[rediger | rediger kilde] Geografiske ytterpunkt[rediger | rediger kilde] Croatia. Croatia ( i/kroʊˈeɪʃə/; Croatian: Hrvatska pronounced [xř̩ʋaːtskaː]), officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska Croatia today has a very high Human Development Index. The International Monetary Fund classified Croatia as an emerging and developing economy, and the World Bank identified it as a high income economy. Croatia is a member of the European Union, United Nations, the Council of Europe, NATO, the World Trade Organization and a founding member of the Union for the Mediterranean. The service sector dominates Croatia's economy, followed by the industrial sector and agriculture.
Etymology The name of Croatia derives from Medieval Latin Croātia – compare DUX CRUATORVM [sic] ("Duke of the Croats") attested in the Branimir inscription –, itself a derivation of North-West Slavic *Xrovat-, by liquid metathesis from proposed Common Slavic period *Xorvat-, from proposed Proto-Slavic *Xarwāt- (*Xъrvatъ) or *Xŭrvatŭ (*xъrvatъ).[6] History Prehistory and antiquity. The World Factbook. History of Croatia. The period from the 15th to the 17th centuries was marked by bitter struggles with the Ottoman Empire. After being incorporated in Yugoslavia for most of the 20th century, Croatia regained independence in 1991.
Prehistoric Croatia[edit] The area known today as Croatia was inhabited throughout the prehistoric period. Fossils of Neanderthals dating to the middle Palaeolithic period have been unearthed in northern Croatia, with the most famous and the best presented site in Krapina.[1] Remnants of several Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures were found in all regions of the country.[2] The largest proportion of the sites is in the northern Croatia river valleys, and the most significant cultures whose presence was discovered include Starčevo, Vučedol and Baden cultures.[3][4] The Iron Age left traces of the early Illyrian Hallstatt culture and the Celtic La Tène culture.[5] Roman provinces of Pannonia and Dalmatia[edit] Medieval Croatian states (until 925)[edit] Croatian Coat of Arms. Ivano balic. Sport in Croatia. The red and white squares of the Croatian coat of arms are a symbol of the Croatian national sports teams History[edit] Franjo Bučar (1866–1946) is widely considered to be the father of modern Croatian sport.
He founded the Croatian Sports Federation in 1909 within what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire.[1] Bučar introduced a multitude of mainstream sports in Croatia, such as football, alpine skiing, ice skating and ice hockey, as well as gymnastics and fencing. The Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport, the Republic of Croatia's highest award in the development of sport, is named in his honor. With the exception of the years during the fascist-era Independent State of Croatia, Croatian club and national teams first represented the Republic of Croatia at the start of the 1990s, with the formation of the Croatian national football team and its first match against the United States in 1990.
Team sports[edit] [edit] Team handball[edit] Basketball[edit] Water polo[edit] Rugby union[edit] Croatian Sports. © by Darko Zubrinic, Zagreb (1995) The earliest known description of a sporting event in Croatia is from the 16th century. It reffered to the 1593 regatta of seventy four (yes, 74) wooden fishing boats called falkusa, from the harbour of the town of Komiza on the island of Vis to the islet of Palagruza. It was the oldest known boat race in Europe. Falkusa is autochthonous Croatian boat of 9m of length, with the mast of equal size, in use from 11th or 12th century until the middle of the 20th century.
A crew was composed of five rowers, and the marathon covered 42 miles, for which about five to fifteen hours of continuous and exhausting rowing was necessary, depending on weather conditions. Falkusa, autochthonous Croatian boat from the town of Komiza, island of Vis The very start of the marathon of the armada was announced by a cannon from the Renaissance tower in the Komiza harbour early in the morning of 20th May. Marijan Matijevic in 1899, at the age of 21. Picture in possession of Dr.