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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Križevci
| official_name      = ''Grad Križevci''<br> Town of Križevci
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Croatia}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Regions of Croatia|Region]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Central Croatia]] ([[Prigorje]])
| subdivision_type2  = [[Counties of Croatia|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = {{flag|Koprivnica-Križevci}}
| leader_party       = independent
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Tomislav Katanović
| area_footnotes     = <ref>{{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 264.2
| area_urban_km2     = 32.0
| elevation_m        = 140
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2021">{{Croatian Census 2021|S}}</ref>
| population_as_of   = 2021
| population_total   = 18949
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_urban   = 10522
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| utc_offset_DST     = +2
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| postal_code        = 48260
| area_code          = 048
| registration_plate = KŽ
| website            = {{URL|krizevci.hr}}
| notes              = 
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'''Križevci''' ({{IPA|hr|krǐːʒeːʋtsi|lang}}; {{langx|la|Crisium}}; {{langx|hu|Kőrös}} {{IPA|hu|ˈkøːrøʃ|}}; {{langx|de|Kreutz}} {{IPA|de|kʁɔʏts||de-Kreuz.ogg}}) is a town in northern [[Croatia]] with a total population of 18,949 and with 10,522 in the town itself,<ref name="Census 2021"/> It is the oldest town in its county, the [[Koprivnica-Križevci County]].

==History==
[[File:Križevci (aerial).JPG|thumb|left|View of Križevci from air]]
[[File:Crkva.svete.ane.JPG|thumb|left|Saint Anne's Church]]
The first mention of "Upper Križevac" was in 1193 by [[Béla III]], when it was given the status of a Royal Borough<ref>[http://international.krizevci.info/en_GB/kri%C5%BEevci/history/golden+bull/ Križevci.eu - history / golden bull<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> in 1252 by the [[ban (title)|ban]] (count) Stephan, and which was confirmed by King [[Béla IV]] a year later.
"Lower Križevac" developed somewhat slower than its twin town: it became a free royal city in 1405, thanks to king [[Sigismund]].

[[Bloody Sabor of Križevci]] ({{langx|hr|Krvavi Sabor u Križevcima}}) refers to the assassination of the Croatian [[ban (title)|ban]] [[House of Lacković|Stjepan Lacković]] and his followers at the orders of king [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund]], on 27 February 1397.<ref name="krizevci.eu">[http://www.krizevci.eu/en_GB/križevci/history/križevci+bloody+assembly/ Križevci Bloody Assembly] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317004150/http://www.krizevci.eu/en_GB/kri%C5%BEevci/history/kri%C5%BEevci+bloody+assembly/ |date=2014-03-17 }} krizevci.eu</ref>

Križevac is the birthplace of the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] priest and martyr Saint [[Marko of Krizevci|Marko]] of Križevac, who died at the hands of [[Calvinists]] in [[Košice]] in 1619, and was subsequently canonized because of his martyrdom. His feast day is celebrated on September 7.

After centuries of separation, Empress [[Maria Theresa of Austria]] united Lower and Upper Križevac into "Križevci" in 1752 (the word ''Križevci'' is plural of ''Križevac''). The town was attacked during the wars with the Turks, but regained its prominence in 1871 when the newly built railway passed through it connecting [[Budapest]] and [[Rijeka]].

In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Križevci was the district capital of the [[Bjelovar-Križevci County]] in the [[Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia]].

These days, while the city has become a hub of entrepreneurship, it still enjoys many of the most valuable and ancient monuments in the county (both in the town itself and the wider region).

Križevci has nine [[church (building)|church]]es (seven Roman [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], one [[Greek Catholic]] and one [[Serbian Orthodox]]), some of them dating back to the [[Middle Ages]]. In the oldest [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] [http://international.krizevci.info/en_GB/kri%C5%BEevci/sights/church+of+the+holy+cross Church of Holy Cross in Križevci], there are important [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] frescoes and a marble altar dating from the 18th century (by Francesco Robba). Also of artistic and cultural interest is the parish church of St. Anne from the 17th century.

Of particular note is the impressive and culturally significant [[Greek Catholic]] [http://international.krizevci.info/en_GB/kri%C5%BEevci/sights/greek+catholic+catedral+of+the+holy+trinity/ Cathedral of the Holy Trinity], the seat of the [[Eparchy of Križevci (Eastern Catholic)|Eparchy of Križevci]] since 1789. The cathedral was designed by some of [[Zagreb]]'s finest architects. Its facade was rebuilt by [[Bartol Felbinger]] in 1817; while an internal reconstruction was executed in the [[Gothic Revival]] style by [[Hermann Bolle]] in 1892-97. The iconostasis and the frescoes are the work of several important Croatian painters, including [[Ivan Tišov]], [[Celestin Medović]] and [[Bela Čikoš-Sesija]].

[[Križevci Synagogue]] was built in 1895. It was robbed and gutted by the fascist government in 1941, and turned into a cultural center by the communist government after the end of World War II.  It was renovated in 2014 and now mainly serves as a Tourist Information Center. 

The town museum exhibits a rich archeological, ethnographic and cultural-historical collection.

==Geography==
'''Križevci''' is a town in the [[Koprivnica-Križevci County]]. Because of its close proximity to [[Zagreb]] (57&nbsp;km), Križevci is becoming a "satellite suburb" of the national capital. It enjoys a central position in the region due to its close proximity to all the regional centers: [[Koprivnica]] (31&nbsp;km), [[Bjelovar]] (33&nbsp;km) and [[Varaždin]] (48&nbsp;km). The town's importance has always depended on its status as a crossroads. It was known in antiquity and in the [[Middle Ages]] because of its location along one of the main caravan routes; in fact, there was a famous "King's Coloman Road" that passed through Križevci, connecting [[Pannonia]] and [[Dalmatia]]. In the more recent times it became a major transport hub: roads connecting [[Posavina]] and the region around [[Kalnik (mountain)|Kalnik]] and [[Podravina]] were all already built in the 18th century; the railroad between Hungary and Zagreb, that goes through Koprivnica and Križevci (1870.), and to Bjelovar (1894). Today, the town remains an important center connecting Bjelovar and Koprivnica, and other major regional centers. Križevci is 140 m above sea-level, where the southern part of Kalnik begins.

Topographically, it lies on Pleistocene foundations, between swamped alluvial valleys of the brook Vrtlin from the east and the brook Koruska from the west. Relief, geological-petrografical structure, convenient climate and abundance of water, all contribute to the economic and demographic development of the town. The city has been affected by major demographic and economic regional changes, most notably due to increased industrialization and the consequent decline in agricultural production, and rural communities, with the population move to Križevci.

===Climate===
Since records began in 1961, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station at an elevation of {{convert|157|m|ft}} was {{convert|38.5|C|F}}, on 6 August 2012.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-07-19 |author=DHMZ |title=Najviše izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn&param=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najvise_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}}</ref> The coldest temperature was {{convert|-25.5|C|F}}, on 16 January 1963.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-01-21 |author=DHMZ |title=Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn&param=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najnize_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}}</ref>

{{Weather box
| location     = Križevci, Croatia (1971–2000, extremes 1961–present)
| metric first = Y
| single line  = Y
|Jan record high C = 18.4
|Feb record high C = 21.7
|Mar record high C = 25.2
|Apr record high C = 29.6
|May record high C = 32.7
|Jun record high C = 35.1
|Jul record high C = 37.6
|Aug record high C = 38.5
|Sep record high C = 33.5
|Oct record high C = 27.9
|Nov record high C = 23.9
|Dec record high C = 21.6
|year record high C = 38.5
| Jan high C = 2.9
| Feb high C = 6.0
| Mar high C = 11.2
| Apr high C = 15.7
| May high C = 20.8
| Jun high C = 23.8
| Jul high C = 25.9
| Aug high C = 25.7
| Sep high C = 21.5
| Oct high C = 15.4
| Nov high C = 8.3
| Dec high C = 3.9
|year high C = 15.1
|Jan mean C = −0.3
|Feb mean C = 1.7
|Mar mean C = 6.0
|Apr mean C = 10.2
|May mean C = 15.0
|Jun mean C = 18.1
|Jul mean C = 19.9
|Aug mean C = 19.2
|Sep mean C = 15.1
|Oct mean C = 9.8
|Nov mean C = 4.4
|Dec mean C = 0.8
|year mean C = 10.0
| Jan low C = -3.6
| Feb low C = -2.5
| Mar low C = 0.9
| Apr low C = 4.5
| May low C = 9.0
| Jun low C = 12.3
| Jul low C = 13.8
| Aug low C = 13.4
| Sep low C = 9.8
| Oct low C = 5.2
| Nov low C = 0.8
| Dec low C = -2.3
|year low C = 5.1
|Jan record low C = −25.5
|Feb record low C = −22.6
|Mar record low C = −18.7
|Apr record low C = −5.0
|May record low C = −3.0
|Jun record low C = 0.5
|Jul record low C = 4.0
|Aug record low C = 2.4
|Sep record low C = -2.0
|Oct record low C = −7.0
|Nov record low C = −17.2
|Dec record low C = −21.0
|year record low C = −25.5
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| Jan precipitation mm = 39.1
| Feb precipitation mm = 40.1
| Mar precipitation mm = 46.3
| Apr precipitation mm = 57.5
| May precipitation mm = 75.2
| Jun precipitation mm = 90.4
| Jul precipitation mm = 76.0
| Aug precipitation mm = 70.5
| Sep precipitation mm = 75.5
| Oct precipitation mm = 75.5
| Nov precipitation mm = 79.0
| Dec precipitation mm = 60.9
|year precipitation mm = 785.9
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 9.0
| Feb precipitation days = 8.6
| Mar precipitation days = 9.9
| Apr precipitation days = 12.2
| May precipitation days = 12.2
| Jun precipitation days = 13.3
| Jul precipitation days = 10.6
| Aug precipitation days = 9.8
| Sep precipitation days = 10.4
| Oct precipitation days = 11.0
| Nov precipitation days = 11.2
| Dec precipitation days = 10.6
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|unit snow days = 1.0 cm
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|Feb snow days = 8.9
|Mar snow days = 2.7
|Apr snow days = 0.1
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 3.0
|Dec snow days = 7.1
|year snow days = 33.0
|Jan humidity = 84.7
|Feb humidity = 78.4
|Mar humidity = 72.0
|Apr humidity = 69.6
|May humidity = 71.9
|Jun humidity = 73.5
|Jul humidity = 73.8
|Aug humidity = 76.7
|Sep humidity = 81.3
|Oct humidity = 83.9
|Nov humidity = 85.8
|Dec humidity = 87.0
|year humidity = 78.2
|Jan sun = 58.9
|Feb sun = 101.7
|Mar sun = 142.6
|Apr sun = 171.0
|May sun = 232.5
|Jun sun = 237.0
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|Sep sun = 192.0
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|Nov sun = 66.0
|Dec sun = 49.6
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|Sep percentsun = 56
|Oct percentsun = 44
|Nov percentsun = 30
|Dec percentsun = 25
|year percentsun = 48
| source 1 = [[Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service]]<ref name= normals >{{cite web
| url = http://klima.hr/k1/k1_2/krizevci.pdf
| title = Križevci Climate Normals 
| access-date = 3 December 2015
| publisher = Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service}}</ref><ref name=monthlyvalues>{{cite web
| url = http://klima.hr/klima.php?id=k1&param=srednjak&Grad=krizevci
| title = Mjesečne vrijednosti za Križevci u razdoblju1961−2014
| language = hr
| access-date = 3 December 2015
| publisher = Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service}}</ref> 
}}

==Demographics==
According to the 2021 census, [[Croats]] form an absolute majority at 97.21% with [[Serbs of Croatia|Serbs]] making up for 1.46% of the population.<ref name="Census 2021"/>

The list of settlements in the administrative area of Križevci is:<ref name="Census 2021"/>
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Apatovec]], population 287
* [[Beketinec]], population 31
* [[Bojnikovec]], population 194
* [[Bukovje Križevačko]], population 261
* [[Carevdar]], population 350
* [[Cubinec]], population 492
* [[Čabraji]], population 126
* [[Dijankovec]], population 140
* [[Doljanec]], population 37
* [[Donja Brčkovčina]], population 132
* [[Donja Glogovnica]], population 93
* [[Donji Dubovec]], population 30
* [[Đurđic]], population 243
* [[Erdovec]], population 191
* [[Gornja Brčkovčina]], population 146
* [[Gornja Glogovnica]], population 93
* [[Gornji Dubovec]], population 7
* [[Gračina]], population 177
* [[Ivanec Križevački]], population 272
* [[Jarčani]], population 89
* [[Karane]], population 230
* [[Kloštar Vojakovački]], population 318
* Kostadinovac, population 8
* '''Križevci''', population 10,522
* [[Kučari]], population 19
* [[Kunđevec]], population 12
* [[Lemeš, Croatia|Lemeš]], population 86
* [[Lemeš Križevački]], population 154
* [[Majurec]], population 385
* [[Male Sesvete]], population 35
* [[Mali Carevdar]], population 15
* [[Mali Potočec]], population 159
* [[Mali Raven]], population 23
* [[Marinovec]], population 82
* [[Mičijevac]], population 54
* [[Novaki Ravenski]], population 146
* [[Novi Bošnjani]], population 62
* [[Novi Đurđic]], population 131
* [[Osijek Vojakovački]], population 141
* [[Pavlovec Ravenski]], population 85
* [[Pesek, Croatia|Pesek]], population 248
* [[Pobrđani Vojakovački]], population 25
* [[Podgajec]], population 184
* [[Poljana Križevačka]], population 302
* [[Povelić]], population 63
* [[Prikraj Križevački]], population 181
* [[Ruševac]], population 114
* [[Srednji Dubovec]], population 80
* [[Stara Ves Ravenska]], population 34
* [[Stari Bošnjani]], population 82
* [[Sveta Helena, Koprivnica-Križevci County|Sveta Helena]], population 263
* [[Sveti Martin, Koprivnica-Križevci County|Sveti Martin]], population 86
* [[Špiranec]], population 105
* [[Većeslavec]], population 95
* [[Velike Sesvete]], population 62
* [[Veliki Potočec]], population 360
* [[Veliki Raven]], population 234
* [[Vojakovac]], population 207
* [[Vujići Vojakovački]], population 54
* [[Žibrinovec]], population 112
{{div col end}}

{{Croatian population data graph |popisi=HRV |upisano=2022-06-04 |područje=City of Križevci |p1857=12438 |p1869=12769 |p1880=13752 |p1890=15798 |p1900=17709 |p1910=19108 |p1921=18319 |p1931=19230 |p1948=19729 |p1953=20575 |p1961=21793 |p1971=22534 |p1981=22772 |p1991=22676 |p2001=22324 |p2011=21122 |p2021=18949}}

==Administration==
The current mayor of Križevci is Tomislav Katanović and the Križevci Town Council consists of 15 seats.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Groups
| Councilors per group
|-
| [[Independent politician|Independents]]
| {{Composition bar|12|15|hex={{party color|Independent politician}}}}
|-
| [[Croatian Democratic Union|HDZ]]-[[Croatian Demochristian Party|HDS]]
| {{Composition bar|2|15|hex={{party color|Croatian Democratic Union}}}}
|-
| [[Social Democratic Party of Croatia|SDP]]-[[Croatian Peasant Party|HSS]]
| {{Composition bar|1|15|hex={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Croatia}}}}
|-
| align=left colspan=30 |<small>Source:<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2025/Lokalni%20izbori%202025/Rezultati/2%20krug/Z06_KOPRIVNICKO_KRIZEVACKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf | publisher = State Election Committee of the Republic of Croatia | title = VI. KOPRIVNIČKO-KRIŽEVAČKA ŽUPANIJA | access-date = 7 July 2025}}</ref></small>
|}

==Education==
Križevci is home to the [[Križevci College of Agriculture]],<ref>[http://www.vguk.hr/ Križevci College of Agriculture Križevci.] Accessed: April 13, 2013.</ref> founded in 1860 as the [[Royal Agriculture and Forestry College]].<ref>[http://www.vguk.hr/novostic/1/162-102.pdf Husinec, Renata, and Dejan Marenčić. n.d. "Križevci College of Agriculture."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229024206/http://www.vguk.hr/novostic/1/162-102.pdf |date=December 29, 2009 }} Accessed: April 13, 2013.</ref>

==Culture==
Križevci is home to a monument to the 37 people from the town who died in the [[Croatian War of Independence]] entitled the ''Mother of the Fallen Hero''.<ref>[http://www.krizevci.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4405&Itemid=7 Otkrivena 'Majka poginulog junaka']</ref>

==Sports==
The local chapter of the [[Croatian Mountaineering Society|HPS]] is ''HPD "Kalnik"'', which had 56 members in 1936 under the Josip Heršak presidency.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1936 |orig-date=1936-05-15 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title="Kalnik" — Križevci |page=237-238 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=32 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193607.pdf |language=hr}}</ref> Membership rose to 69 in 1937.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1937 |orig-date=1937-05-05 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title=Izvještaj tajnika |pages=221–252 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=33 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193707.pdf |language=hr}}</ref>{{rp|246}} Membership rose to 97 in 1938.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1938 |orig-date=1938-05-05 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title=Izvještaj tajnika |pages=222–254 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=34 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193807.pdf |language=hr}}</ref>{{rp|245}}

==Notable people==
{{see also|Category:People from Križevci}}
* [[Dubravko Detoni]] - Composer
* [[Ivan Andrija Makar]] - 17th century Croatian and Habsburg soldier
* [[Julije Drohobeczky]] - Bishop
* [[Sidonija Rubido]] - First Croatian opera singer
* [[Branko Hrg]] - Politician 
* [[Dora Kalaus]] - Handball player
* [[Larissa Kalaus]]
* [[Marcel Kiepach]] - Inventor
* [[Marko Krizin]] - Catholic Saint
* [[Franjo Marković]] - Writer
* [[Antun Nemčić]] - Writer
* [[Dragutin Novak]]
* [[Vanessa Radman]]
* [[Alfred Švarc]]
* [[Marko Tomas]] - Basketball player
* [[Ljudevit Vukotinović]]
* [[Branko Zorko]]
* [[Drago Grdenić]]
* [[Antonio Radić]] (born 1987), known for his YouTube chess channel 'agadmator'.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.krizevci.info/2018/02/21/antonio-radic-svojim-youtube-kanalom-mogu-svakoga-zainteresirati-za-sah/ |title= Antonio Radić: 'Svojim YouTube kanalom mogu svakoga zainteresirati za šah' |first=Hrvoje |last=Belani |date=21 February 2018 |language=hr |access-date=17 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Magda Logomer]], Herbalist

== See also ==

* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bjelovar-Križevci]]
* [[Eparchy of Križevci]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.krizevci.hr/ Križevci official site]
* [http://www.krizevci.info/ News Portal of Križevci]
* [http://www.pou-krizevci.hr/ Open University Križevci]
* [http://international.krizevci.info/en_GB/ History, culture, locations, personage of Križevci in multimedia]

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