Cazma Tourist Information
Cazma is a small town on the Cesma river with an exceptionally rich history and a number of cultural and historical monuments. The parish church of St. Mary Magdalene is the most important sacral building in the town. The Town Museum keeps part of the antiquities found in the town and its surroundings (folk costumes, pottery, etc.).
Sports and recreational opportunities are numerous: tennis, shooting, volleyball, football, etc. A special attraction is the so-called Super Marathon, from Zagreb to Cazma (61 km).
The surroundings of Cazma are a "promised land" for hunting enthusiasts (big and small game - deer, roes, wild boars, pheasants, hares, wild ducks, etc.). Hunting tours are very well organized. Accommodation of hounds is also provided. Fishing (angling) is possible on the Cesma and the Glogovnica rivers, on the Grabovnica brook and Pleterac Lake (sheatfish, pike, carp, perch). Restaurants in the town and its surroundings offer venison and fish specialities. The most popular excursion destination is Pleterac with a nice artificial lake and a hotel in the woods.
CAZMA, a town at the foot of the mountain range Moslavacka Gora, 21 km northeast of Ivanic Grad; elevation 144 m; population 2,785. Chief occupations include farming, livestock breeding, brick industry, milling industry, production of synthetic material; in the vicinity are oil deposits. Cazma lies at the intersection of regional roads.
Cazma was an important town in the Middle Ages (libera villa Chasmensis). The Zagreb bishop Stjepan II founded the Cazma Chapter in 1232 (locus credibilis all until 1537). The town was occupied by the Turks in 1552, who established their sanjak there. In 1559 it was destroyed by Malkoc-Bey. The town was under the Ottoman rule until 1606; afterwards, Toma ErdÂdy restored the -bishopric citadel, from which only the foundations have been preserved until the present.
In 1334 several churches were mentioned in Cazma. Only the large (42 x 17.5 m) parish church of St. Mary Magdalene has been preserved; however, it is not known whether it was a capitular or a Dominican church. It is a three-nave Romanesque-Gothic structure with a quadrangular sanctuary, a transept, with two shorter side naves and two side belfries. It is the largest Romanesque-style church in northern Croatia. It was restored in Baroque style in the 18th century, when vaults and altars were added to it (works by local masters). The church also got the organ with a nice Rococo prospect (1767) and the pulpit (1753), donated by the restorer of the church, Ivan Jambrekovic. It also features Baroque paintings, a painting depicting Mary Magdalene, a work by I. Zasche (1862), and a number of chalices (from the Gothic to the 19th c.).
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