BET BIL - Karlvac bound
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Monday, May 28, 2012
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Ontario, Canada
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The mission is to travel to Karlovac, Croatia and visit the caches in that country. After completing Croatia it is free to travel to other Eastern European nations.Pictures of its travels would be nice!!
Karlovac is a city and municipality in central Croatia.
Karlovac was built from scratch in 1579 in order to strengthen Austria's southern defences against Ottoman encroaches. The establishment of a new city-fortress was a part of the deal between the Protestant nobility of Inner Austria and the archduke Charles II of Austria, in exchange for their religious freedom the nobility agreed to finance the building of a new fortress against the Ottoman Empire. It was founded as a six-pointed star fortress built on the Zrinski estate near the old town of Dubovac at the confluence of the Kupa and Korana rivers. As the city later expanded, the urban area reached as far as the Mrežnica and Dobra rivers. The unique star shape can still be seen around the town. It was originally known as Karlstadt ("Charles's Town" in German), after Archduke Charles II of Austria, upon whose orders construction began on July 13, 1579. The architect of the city was Matija Gambon.
The first church (of the Holy Trinity) was built in the central square in 1580, but all of the city buildings burned down in the fire of 1594. The forces of the Ottoman Empire laid siege to Karlovac seven times, the last time in 1672, but failed to occupy it. The plague epidemic of 1773 was also a notable threat to the city, decimating almost half the population at the time.
As a military outpost of the Habsburg Monarchy, Karlovac was the site of the trial and execution of the best-known leader of the rebel Uskoks from the coastal fort of Senj, Ivan Vlatković. He was executed in Karlovac on 3 July 1612 as an example to his troops who were creating difficulties for the Habsurgs by their piracy against Venetian shipping on the Adriatic Sea, and by marauding raids into the Ottoman hinterland. In 1615 their piracy went so far as creating an open war between Venice and Austria. When the Treaty of Madrid[disambiguation needed ] was concluded in 1617, bringing an end to the war between Venice and the Habsburgs, under the terms of the treaty the Uskok families were forcibly removed from Senj and disbanded into the hinterland, most notably in the Žumberak hills near Karlovac.
Meanwhile, the fort was becoming too crowded for the city's expanding population and the Military Frontier government could not allow for its further growth. On December 6, 1693 the city received some limited self-government. Queen Maria Theresa, after long insistence from the Croatian Parliament, restored the towns of Karlovac and Rijeka to the Croatian crownland on August 9, 1776. Maria Theresa was also responsible for the founding of Gymnasium Karlovac, and later King Joseph II reaffirmed it as a free town with an official charter in 1781. This allowed the citizens to expand the city and exploit the potential of being at the crossroads of paths from the Pannonian plains to the Adriatic coast. The town blossomed in the 18th and 19th centuries with the development of roads to the seaside and waterways along the Kupa River.
The town's fortunes declined in the 20th century, though it is currently recovering.
Karlovac suffered much damage during the Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995). The southern sections of the city were close to the front lines between the Republic of Croatia and the rebel Serbs, and the neighborhoods of Turanj, Kamensko, as well as parts of Mekušje, Mala Švarča and Logorište were devastated by shelling. The city center, the city hall, and numerous other buildings were also damaged.
Until the early 2000s, Karlovac's main industry was its beer "Karlovačko", produced by Karlovačka pivovara. In recent years, the rapidly growing firearms manufacturer HS Produkt has become the city's largest private employer. HS Produkt is best known as the designer and manufacturer of the HS2000 pistol, sold in the United States as the Springfield Armory XD.
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Bari_MS discovered it
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Ich sollte häufiger mein Handy und den Photoordner im Rechner aufräumen.
Da hat sich ganz schön was angesammelt.
Danke für die ganzen schönen TBs und Coins und auch Stempel die ich in den letzten Monaten bis Jahren beim cachen entdecken konnte. Immer gute Reise.
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die5aD discovered it
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Schön, dass wir dich discovern konnten. Wir wünschen dem Owner und seinen TB / Coin allzeit gute Reise.
Viele Grüße
die5aD
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Diesen TB beim stöbern im Netz ( Dosen Junkies Stammtisch ) entdeckt.
Danke fürs zeigen.
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Satananas discovered it
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Gesehen im Dosen Junkie Stammtisch.
Thx for sharing.
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Kotabaja discovered it
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Diesen TB bzw. Coin habe ich irgendwo abfotografiert und gerade aus dem Bildarchiv
meines Handy`s gelöscht.
Allzeit Gute Reise und mögen dabei die Wünsche des Owners in Erfüllung gehen.
Viele Grüße aus Wesel / NRW / Germany sendet Kotabaja
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Haedel 80 placed it in Haedel`s TB & GeoCoin Hotel
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Haedel 80 retrieved it from Verhext @ NIGHT
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