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'''Samobor''' ({{IPA|sh|sâmɔ̝bɔ̝ːr|pron}}) is a town in [[Zagreb County]], [[Croatia]]. It is part of the [[Zagreb metropolitan area]]. Administratively it is a part of [[Zagreb County]].

==Geography==
Samobor is located west of [[Zagreb]], between the eastern slopes of the Samobor hills ({{langx|hr|Samoborsko gorje}}), the eastern part of [[Žumberak Mountains]], in the [[Sava|Sava River]] valley. It is part of the historical region of [[Croatia proper]].

==Climate==
Since records began in 1981, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was {{convert|39.0|C|F}}, on 24 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|-25.6|C|F}}, on 12 January 1985.<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>

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| width = auto
| location = Samobor
| collapsed = yes
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan mean C = 1.1
| Feb mean C = 3.1
| Mar mean C = 7.2
| Apr mean C = 12.0
| May mean C = 16.6
| Jun mean C = 21.0
| Jul mean C = 22.8
| Aug mean C = 22.3
| Sep mean C = 17.0
| Oct mean C = 12.1
| Nov mean C = 7.2
| Dec mean C = 2.3
| year mean C = 
| Jan high C = 4.9
| Feb high C = 7.7
| Mar high C = 12.8
| Apr high C = 17.7
| May high C = 22.1
| Jun high C = 26.6
| Jul high C = 28.6
| Aug high C = 28.4
| Sep high C = 22.6
| Oct high C = 17.4
| Nov high C = 11.0
| Dec high C = 5.7
| year high C = 
| Jan low C = -2.1
| Feb low C = -1.1
| Mar low C = 2.0
| Apr low C = 6.7
| May low C = 11.2
| Jun low C = 15.4
| Jul low C = 17.2
| Aug low C = 16.8
| Sep low C = 12.2
| Oct low C = 8.0
| Nov low C = 3.9
| Dec low C = -0.6
| year low C = 
| Jan precipitation mm = 51.5
| Feb precipitation mm = 57.8
| Mar precipitation mm = 57.0
| Apr precipitation mm = 68.4
| May precipitation mm = 88.7
| Jun precipitation mm = 75.5
| Jul precipitation mm = 72.0
| Aug precipitation mm = 77.3
| Sep precipitation mm = 97.6
| Oct precipitation mm = 76.9
| Nov precipitation mm = 78.7
| Dec precipitation mm = 62.7
| year precipitation mm = 
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{{cite web|url=https://weather.directory/hr/samobor
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}}

==Administration==
The city government, court, police, health service, and a post office are part of the Samobor infrastructure.

==History==
{{expand section|date=August 2011}}
[[File:Stari grad Samobor VII. 2014.JPG|thumb|left|Ruins of [[Samobor Castle]]]]
Samobor has existed as a [[free royal town]] since 1242,{{efn|Treasures of Yugoslavia states "granted free trading rights before 1242".}} according to a document of endowment by King [[Béla IV]].

Since the [[Treaty of Karlowitz]] in 1699, ''Szamobor'' was part of the [[Habsburg monarchy]], ([[Transleithania]] after the [[compromise of 1867]]), and soon after in the [[Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia]], created when the Kingdom of Slavonia and the Kingdom of Croatia were merged in 1868. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Samobor was a district capital in the [[Zagreb County (former)|Zagreb County]] of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

The [[volunteer fire department|DVD]] "Chromos" was founded in 1954, under the ''VZ grada Samobora''.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022 |first1=Nikola |last1=Jagodin |first2=Vedran |last2=Runjić |title=Popis vatrogasnih organizacija s datumima osnivanja |url=https://mhv.hr/popis-vatrogasnih-organizacija-s-datumima-osnivanja |website=Muzej hrvatskog vatrogastva |archive-date=2023-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130104803/https://mhv.hr/popis-vatrogasnih-organizacija-s-datumima-osnivanja |language=hr |trans-title=List of Firefighting Organisations with Date of Founding}}</ref>

==Economy==
One of the chief industries in Samobor is [[lead crystal|crystal]] cutting, acclaimed in Europe and all over the world.

==Notable people==
Many well-known people were born or lived in Samobor. Such notable personalities are:

* [[Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić]] (1724–1787), [[Roman Catholic]] priest, mathematician, writer, and musical theorist primarily known for writing the first Croatian arithmetic textbook ''Arithmatika Horvatzka'' (published in Zagreb, 1758)
* [[Tvrtko Kale]] (born 1974), Croatian-Israeli footballer
* [[Ferdo Livadić]], a prominent member of the nationalist Illyrian movement in the 19th century, piano composer and writer of the most famous Croatian patriotic song ({{langx|hr|budnica}}) of the 19th century, ''[[Još Hrvatska ni propala]]'' ({{lit|Croatia Hasn't Perished Yet}})
* [[Antun Gustav Matoš]], poet and writer, lived in Samobor for four years
* [[Antonio Šančić]], tennis player
* [[Dejan Jović]], political scientist
* [[Slađan Ašanin]], football player
* [[Vladimir Šujster]], handball player,olympic gold medalist Atlanta 1996

==Population==
{{Historical populations|1857|13690|1869|15226|1880|16548|1890|18607|1900|18783|1910|20275|1921|19806|1931|21953|1948|23821|1953|25451|1961|27103|1971|28469|1981|32887|1991|35017|2001|36206|2011|37633|2021|37435|source=Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857–2021, [[Croatian Bureau of Statistics|DZS]]}}In the [[2021 Croatian census]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://popis2021.hr/ |title=Državni zavod za statistiku - Popis '21 |access-date=2022-08-12 |archive-date=2022-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115062703/https://www.popis2021.hr/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> the total population of the administrative territory of Samobor was 37,481, distributed in the following settlements:

===Settlements===
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* [[Beder, Croatia|Beder]], population 68
* [[Bobovica, Croatia|Bobovica]], population 258
* [[Braslovje]], population 303
* [[Bratelji]], population 11
* [[Bregana]], population 2,207
* [[Breganica]], population 59
* [[Brezovac Žumberački]], population 20
* [[Budinjak]], population 10
* [[Bukovje Podvrško]], population 25
* [[Celine Samoborske]], population 327
* [[Cerje Samoborsko]], population 339
* [[Cerovica, Zagreb|Cerovica]], population 4
* [[Dane, Zagreb County|Dane]], population 7
* [[Dolec Podokićki]], population 77
* [[Domaslovec]], population 900
* [[Draganje Selo]], population 77
* [[Dragonoš]], population 13
* [[Drežnik Podokićki]], population 246
* [[Dubrava Samoborska]], population 248
* [[Falašćak]], population 108
* [[Farkaševec Samoborski]], population 467
* [[Galgovo]], population 699
* [[Golubići, Croatia|Golubići]], population 6
* [[Gornja Vas, Samobor|Gornja Vas]], population 22
* [[Gradna]], population 542
* [[Grdanjci]], population 320
* [[Gregurić Breg]], population 106
* [[Hrastina Samoborska]], population 852
* [[Jarušje]], population 47
* [[Javorek, Croatia|Javorek]], population 39
* [[Kladje]], population 892
* [[Klake, Croatia|Klake]], population 230
* [[Klokočevec Samoborski]], population 326
* [[Konšćica]], population 267
* [[Kostanjevec Podvrški]], population 69
* [[Kotari]], population 74
* [[Kravljak]], population 2
* [[Lug Samoborski]], population 946
* [[Mala Jazbina]], population 489
* [[Mala Rakovica]], population 609
* [[Mali Lipovec, Croatia|Mali Lipovec]], population 110
* [[Manja Vas]], population 76
* [[Medsave]], population 205
* [[Molvice, Zagreb County|Molvice]], population 666
* [[Noršić Selo]], population 90
* [[Novo Selo Žumberačko]], population 18
* [[Osredek Žumberački]], population 13
* [[Osunja]], population 7
* [[Otruševec]], population 295
* [[Pavučnjak]], population 515
* [[Petkov Breg]], population 256
* [[Podgrađe Podokićko]], population 137
* [[Podvrh, Osilnica|Podvrh]], population 520
* [[Poklek]], population 20
* [[Prekrižje Plešivičko]], population 16
* [[Rakov Potok]], population 1,093
* [[Rude, Croatia|Rude]], population 1,085
* Samobor, population 16,914
* [[Samoborski Otok]], population 612
* [[Savršćak]], population 214
* [[Selce Žumberačko]], population 3
* [[Sječevac]], population 8
* [[Slani Dol]], population 171
* [[Slapnica]], population 11
* [[Slavagora]], population 72
* [[Smerovišće]], population 108
* [[Stojdraga]], population 48
* [[Sveti Martin pod Okićem]], population 256
* [[Šimraki]], population 5
* [[Šipački Breg]], population 33
* [[Tisovac Žumberački]], population 0
* [[Velika Jazbina]], population 263
* [[Velika Rakovica]], population 507
* [[Veliki Lipovec, Croatia|Veliki Lipovec]], population 73
* [[Višnjevec Podvrški]], population 30
* [[Vratnik Samoborski]], population 93
* [[Vrbovec Samoborski]], population 262
* [[Vrhovčak]], population 365
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{{Croatian population data graph |popisi=HRV |upisano=2022-06-04 |područje=City of Samobor |p1857=13690 |p1869=15226 |p1880=16548 |p1890=18607 |p1900=18783 |p1910=20275 |p1921=19806 |p1931=21953 |p1948=23821 |p1953=25451 |p1961=27103 |p1971=28469 |p1981=32887 |p1991=35017 |p2001=36206 |p2011=37633 |p2021=37435}}

==Governance==
Representatives of Samobor at the [[Croatian Parliament]]:
* [[Hinko Francisci]] (1872–1878)<ref name="HIP2021">{{cite web |date=2021 |author=Hrvatski institut za povijest |title=Abecedarij saborskih zastupnika, 1848. – 1918. |url=https://mappar.isp.hr/tko-je-tko |website=Mapiranje parlamentarnih izbora 1848. – 1918. u Hrvatskoj / HRZZ 5148 MAPPAR}}</ref>

==Monuments and sightseeings==
[[File:Samobor - centar.jpg|thumb|right|[[Tomislav of Croatia|King Tomislav]] Square]]
[[File:Samobor (1).jpg|thumb|right|View of Gradna River]]
[[File:Samoborski muzej.jpg|thumb|right|Samobor Museum]]
[[File:Samoborsko kremsnita.JPG|thumb|right|[[Cremeschnitte|Samoborska kremšnita]]]]
[[File:Povijesna postrojba Narodna garda Samobor.JPG|thumb|right|180px|Members of the "Samobor People's Guard", a historical military unit from Samobor]]
Samobor is one of the earliest tourist resorts in the region, with the first tourist facilities dating back to 1810, catering to [[Angling|anglers]], [[hunter]]s and [[hiker]]s. The town's beautiful surroundings and vicinity to the capital have supported this tourist tradition to the present day. In 1846, Samobor was paid a visit by the composer [[Franz Liszt]], who at that time was visiting Zagreb during one of his numerous concert tours. Liszt came to Samobor to see his friend Ferdo Livadić, in his lodgings at the [http://www.bravo-la.com/images/Samoborpostcrd2.JPG   Livadić mansion], which is today the town museum.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Livadić mansion came under the ownership of a Jewish family named Daničić. They were forced to leave as a result of the Nazi invasion in 1941. Shortly after this, the mansion was
confiscated by the newly formed Independent State of Croatia and never returned to the Daničić family. On Tepec hill, a 10-minute walk from the city centre, there are still-visible remains of the [[Samobor Castle]] fortress built in the 13th century.

==Education==
These elementary schools and high schools exist in Samobor:
* [[Bogumil Toni Elementary School]]
* [[Samobor Elementary School]] (formerly the Janko Mišić Elementary School)
* [[Samobor High School]], consisting of two academies teaching arts such as economy and trade
* the [[Antun Gustav Matoš Gymnasium]] (comprehensive school)
* [[Vocational High School Samobor]], with technical studies, hairdressing, etc.
* [[Ferdo Livadić Music School]], a music academy with both elementary and high school programmes

==Sport==
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[[File:Sporstka dvorana Samobor.jpg|thumb|left|Sportska dvorana Samobor]]

The main local football club is [[NK Samobor]], who play in the [[Treća HNL]].
Other football clubs are [[NK Bregana]], [[NK Galgovo]], [[NK Klokočevac]], [[NK Rakov Potok]], [[NK Samoborski Otok]], [[NK Zrinski Farkaševac]].
The local woman's handball club is [[ŽRK Samobor]], who play in the Prva HRL.
The local men's handball clubs are [[RK Mladost 09]], and [[RK Rudar]], who play in the Premijer liga.
The local men's basketball club is [[KK Samobor]], who play in the [[Prva muška liga]].
The local judo clubs are [[Judo Klub Samobor]], and [[Judo Klub Profectus Samobor]].
The local karate clubs are [[Karate klub Samobor]], [[Karate klub Mladost]] and [[Karate klub Bregana]].
The local athletics club is [[Atletski klub Samobor 2007]].
The local gymnastics club [[Gimnastički klub Samobor]].
The local volleyball club is [[Odbojkaški klub Samobor]].
The local tennis club is [[Tenis klub Samobor 1890]].
The local table tennis club is [[Stolnoteniski klub Samobor]].
The local taekwondo club is [[Taekwondo klub Koryo Samobor]].
The local mountain bike club is [[Brdsko-biciklistički klub Šišmiš]].
The local kickboxing klub is [[TNT Samobor]].
The local motocross club is [[Moto Cross Klub TRP Marović]].

The main football ground is Gradski Stadion Samobor.
The main indoor sports hall is Sportska dvorana Samobor with the seating capacity of 700.
Other indoor sports halls are Sportska dvorana Bogumil Toni with seating capacity of 500, Sportska dvorana Rude with seating capacity of 300 and Sportska dvorana OŠ Samobor with no seating capacity.

The local chapter of the [[Croatian Mountaineering Society|HPS]] is ''HPD "Japetić"'', which had 253 members in 1936 under the Franjo Flašar presidency, being one of the largest within the society. At the time, it had a [[skiing|ski]] section.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1936 |orig-date=1936-05-15 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title="Japetić" — Samobor |page=240-241 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=32 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193607.pdf |language=hr}}</ref> Membership fell to 245 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|249}} Membership rose to 246 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|247}}

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Croatia}}

===Twin towns — Sister cities===
Samobor is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:

* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Wirges]], Germany
* {{flagicon|NMK}} [[Veles, North Macedonia|Veles]], North Macedonia
* {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Stari Grad, Croatia|Stari Grad]], Croatia
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Pécs]], Hungary
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Chassieu]], France
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Parabiago]], Italy

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Samobor}}
*{{official website}}
*[http://www.mytravelstudio.com/samobor-mountain-side-croatia/ MyTravelStudio – Travel Blog]

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