Review article
Đurđevac Spatial Development and its Environment with Special Emphasis on the Premises along the Drava River
Mladen Matica
; Institute for Spatial Planning of Koprivnica-Križevci County, Koprivnica, Croatia
Abstract
This paper deals with the regional development of Đurđevac and its lodgings in the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. In this period, the Đurđevac area around the river Drava had the most dynamic development and was therefore given particular attention. This area is characterized by two natural geographic wholes – the river Drava and the Đurđevečki Peski. The greatest changes in landscape happened precisely in this area. Therefore, the author followed the changes to the north and north-east of Đurđevac. The remains of the desert called Đurđevečki Peski stretch between the huge virgin forest alluvial surfaces which were often flooded by the whimsical Drava and Đurđevac. The paper is based on the analysis of cartographic illustrations, first of all original cadastral map from the Đurđevac cadastral office. The specific quality of these maps is the fact that all changes happening in the area (divisions, owners, new objects, etc.) were drawn into and written down on it. The largest preserved forest areas in the entire area near the Drava remained here. The way of life of the Đurđevac "konačar" (quartermaster) at the end of the 19th century was in accordance with sustainable growth. Man produced as much as he needed for survival, he lived in harmony with nature, leaving behind a legacy for today’s generations, a complex of Đurđevac lowland forests, the preserved river Drava (there are still no classic embankments in the area of Đurđevac counties), still waters (Lepa Greda, Bakovci) and the county settlements as a particular form of
settlement and life.
Keywords
Podravina; Đurđevac; Drava river; environmental history; lodgings
Hrčak ID:
77423
URI
Publication date:
1.11.2011.
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