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Varazdin 173m, (German: Warasdin, Hungarian: Varasd) district capital of the district Varazdin in the north of Croatia at the Drava and near the Slovenian Hungarian border. Panoramic view over the main square in the oldtown to the town hall.

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Varazdin 173m, (deutsch Warasdin, ungarisch Varasd) Bezirksstadt des Bezirkes Varazdin im Norden Kroatiens an der Drau und slowenisch und ungarischen Grenze. Blick über den Hauptplatz in der Altstadt zum Rathaus.

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Varaždin (German: "Warasdin", Hungarian: "Varasd", Latin: "Varasdinum") is a city in northwestern Croatia, 81 km north of Zagreb on the highway A4. With a population of 49,075 (2001), the centre of Varaždin county is located near the Drava river, at . It's mainly known for its baroque buildings, textile, food and IT industry. History: The first written reference to Varaždin was in 1181, when King Béla III mentioned the nearby thermal springs (Varaždinske Toplice) in a legal document. Varaždin was declared a free royal borough in 1209 by the Hungarian-Croatian King Andrew II. The town became the economic and military centre of northern Croatia. Due to Turkish raids, the town was structured defensively around the old fortress, and acquired the shape of a typical medieval Wasserburg. In the early 13th century, the Knights Hospitaller (Croatian: "Ivanovci") came to Varaždin, where they built the church and a monastery. At the end of the 14th century the Varaždin fortress passed into the ... Read more about Varaždin on Wikipedia

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