Petrinja is a town in central Croatia near Sisak in the historic region of Banovina. The town was part of Napoleon’s Illyria from 1809 till 1813 when the town became a significant trade and traffic center. On December 29, 2020, the town was hit by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6. 4 Mw.
About Petrinja in brief
Petrinja is a town in central Croatia near Sisak in the historic region of Banovina. On December 29, 2020, the town was hit by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6. 4 Mw, causing significant damage to the town. The name of Petrinja has its roots in Greek pètra, πέτρα, meaning’stone’ and Latin petrus. The town was part of Napoleon’s Illyria from 1809 till 1813 when the town became a significant trade and traffic center. On August 10, 1594, the fortress was first liberated by the Croatian army, and August 10 has become the day of gratitude towards God and St. Lawrence, and this saint has been chosen for the patron saint of the parish.
In the late 19th and early 20th century, PetrinJA was a district capital in the Zagreb County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. From 1929 to 1939, Petrinija was part. of the Sava banovina and from 1939 to 1941 of the Banovinas of Croatia within the Kingdom. of Yugoslavia. On November 25, 1991, Serb mayor Radovan Marković sent a message to Željko Ražnatović to have his troops enter the city as part of a. motorized battalion of the 622. Motorized Brigade of the Yugoslav People’s Army. The city economy is in a major decline for the last 20 years. Small entrepreneurship is still underdeveloped due to lack of a finished business zone.
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