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SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN VARAŽDIN IN THE 1860’S AND 1870’S (ON THE OCCASION OF THE 140TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE CITY THEATER IN VARAŽDIN)
Đurđica Cesar
; Prva gimnazija Varaždin
Sažetak
The 1860s and 1870s were a period of major political changes in European politics,
which also had their impact on Croatian politics. In the brief period of time, these
two decades saw the end of Bach’s absolutism, the renewal of political life, the Austro-
Hungarian and Croatian-Hungarian Compromise, the appearance of political parties:
the People’s Party, the Autonomous People’s Party, the Unionist Party, and the Party
of Rights – these parties also began to fight one another in the Croatian Parliament.
That period in Croatian politics was also marked by some individuals whose lives were
partly linked to Varaždin and the Varaždin County, for example Croatian governors
Levin Rauch and Koloman Bedeković.1865, 1868, 1871, 1872, 1875, and 1878. The members of Parliament from Varaždin included the Unionists Mijo Koščec, Koloman Bedeković, Ladislav Kukuljević, August
Lukinec, Maksim Maller, Vladoje Perko; the People’s Party members Vjekoslav
Zadravec, Dragutin Pust, Ivan Nep. Jagić, Dragutin Antolek-Orešek, and Ivan Nep.
Petrović; and also Antun Melinčević from the Autonomous People’s Party.
The elections for the Varaždin City Council took place in 1873, and out of 24 councillors,
20 came from the People’s Party. Another election took place in 1880, following
the collective resignation of the former City Council. In the new Council the members
of the People’s Party formed the majority again. In that period, the mayors of Varaždin
were Antun Melinčević (1861 -1875), Dragutin Pust (1876 – 1878), and Ivan Nepomuk
Petrović (1879 – 1881). Within those two decades, Varaždin acquired the impressive building of the City
Theater (1873), the new High School building (1870), the first Firefighter Association
in Croatia (1864), and the Croatian Singing Association “Vila” was started in 1876. Between
1867 and 1877 appeared the first weekly magazine “Pučki prijatelj”, started by
Bartol Francelj. Another publication was the first issue of the Croatian satirical magazine
“Podravski jež”, started by Dragutin Antolek-Orešek.
Varaždin intellectuals, led by the High School professor Josip Križan gave a series
of lectures for the citizens, during which the 200th anniversary of the deaths of Petar
Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan was commemorated for the first time in 1871.
According to the 1880 census, the population of Varaždin was 11, 445.
Ključne riječi
the People’s Party; the Unionist Party; the Croatian Parliament; the new Theater building; Podravski jež; Pučki prijatelj; the Hall; Vila; the Firefighter Association
Hrčak ID:
131763
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Datum izdavanja:
29.12.2014.
Posjeta: 1.456 *