OPĆINA NOVIGRAD PODRAVSKI

Novigrad Podravski is a village on the slopes of Bilogora, located in Podravska Highway, 17 km South-East from Koprivnica. It is located in the County of Koprivnica-križevci County. On the territory of the present-day Novigrad Podravskog there are finds from the ancient times. In the middle ages the settlement was located at the site, the first in Komarna mentioned 1201. of the year, when it was the center of Komarničkog arhiđakonata and Komarničke of the County which is in the mid-14TH CENTURY. the century is included in the composition of the križevci County. Komarna is in the Middle Ages it was the seat of the parish of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of St. George and the gathering place of pilgrimage, and went missing during the wars with the Ottomans, and ceases to operate the Roman Catholic parishes. In the late 16th century. St. formed the protuosmanska fortress, and in the early 17. century updated village gets the name of the Novigrad. The parish is the restored 1654. year, and the new Church of the Apostles, of separation was built in 1830. of the year. From the first half of the 18th century. century Novigrad Podravski is the center of the vojnokrajiške company. The municipality of Novigrad Podravski was founded in 1871. of the year. In Novigrad in 1904/05. (with Molve, Drnje and Virje) founded one of the first organizations of HPSS, and in the election of 1908. years of Stjepan Radić was from electoral districts Novigrad entered for the first time in the Croatian Parliament. After the arrival of the railway in 1912. year, and especially between the two world wars Novigrad has developed into a local craft and agricultural center. After the second world war, Novigrad, and, after the stagnation of rebuilding of the municipality in 1993. and investment in small businesses and infrastructure comes to faster development.