Cakovec, Croatia

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In Roman times, as the geographer Strabo reported, in the 1st century, this was the site of Aquama (wet town), at the time a marshland, a military post and legionnaire camp. Its name comes from the count Dimitry Csaky (Dimitrij ?ak), who with the beginning of the 13th century erected the timber fortification later named "Csaky's tower". It was mentioned for the first time in 1328. The place appears in the official books in 1333. The period of more significant economic and cultural growth of ?akovec is considered to have started in 1547, when Nikola ?ubi? Zrinski of Siget became the owner of the area. At that time, the castle was lavishly decorated, surrounded by a park and sculptures of famous army leaders and monarchs. Duke Juraj Zrinski granted privileges to the inhabitants of the ?akovec fortress and its suburbs on May 29, 1579, which was the starting point for ?akovec to become a free market town. The date is celebrated as the City Day. In 1738 the city was devastated by an earthquake and in 1741 by a fire. Another earthquake hit in 1880. At the end of the 18th century the owners of the town became counts Festeti?, and the town was turned into a big estate where industry, crafts and trade developed. In 1848, the ban Josip Jela?i? liberated ?akovec from Hungarians and joined it to Croatia. In 1893 electric power was introduced to the city.Upon signing the treaty with the Third Reich, (March 25 1941), Kingdom of Yugoslavia became the member of the Axis powers. On April 6, 1941 it was attacked by the same alliance soon to be conquered and divided. Between 1941 and 1945, Cakovec was under Hungarian occupation.

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