Did you know that Županja was the location where football and tennis were first played in Croatia? If you have already visited Vukovar and Vinkovci, Županja will provide you with a completely different experience and reveal an ambiance of unique rural architecture.
Here you will learn that "ušoravanje" means merging smaller surrounding hamlets into a single whole. We have highlighted five attractions of this gentle town along the Sava River that you should definitely discover.
Stjepan Gruber Native Museum
The Stjepan Gruber Heritage Museum, named after the geography professor and first director of the Museum in Županja, is located in the border guard's čardak, the only preserved example of military border architecture in Croatia.
The museum was founded in 1953 and consists of two larger and two smaller buildings connected by a museum park and a new museum administration building. The two museum buildings are registered cultural monuments; Čardak - a military border guard building from the early 19th century and the Agency - a building of the former steamship agency from the mid-19th century.
The first soccer ball
The monument to the first soccer ball in Croatia in the city center is a recognizable symbol of Županja. In 1979, the first soccer ball was found in a typical border guard house, about two centuries old, at number five Vladimira Nazor Street in Županja. It was made of natural leather with flaps, one of which was missing.
After finding the first soccer ball, it was sent for age assessment to the Technology Center in Karlovac, where it was determined that the skin from which the ball was made is between 90 and 110 years old. The ball was then sent for expertise to England, where it was confirmed that it was a ball dating from that time.
The road of the golden thread
The road of the golden thread offers forgotten customs, traditional eno-gastronomic offer, top handicrafts and socializing with hospitable hosts on family farms.
The Golden Thread Road is a unique tourist attraction. It combines history, cultural heritage and many traditional values, a wealth of natural features and gastronomy. If you want to get away from everyday life in the city, breathe with full lungs, see the beauty of nature, taste Slavonian plum brandy and enjoy selected local specialties and then get a good night's sleep - be sure to take the Golden Thread Road.
Gallery Veliki kraj
Gallery "Veliki kraj" is located in a traditional shocking house in the city center and brings together many lovers of fine arts and culture. The gallery has hosted many generations of folk writers and writers and has made a great contribution to enriching the cultural life of the city on the Sava.
County resources
The Županjski virovi picnic area will delight nature lovers, and the Hunter's House will delight gourmets and hunting and fishing enthusiasts. These are the widely known pedunculate oak forests in the European-famous Spačva basin. The forests are interwoven with the watercourses of the Bosut, Spačva, Virova, Lubanj and Studva.
In the water of Virovo there are fish of lowland waters - carp, tench, pike, catfish, crucian carp, sun carp, whitefish, perch - bandar - bulješ - okan or perch, bream, yellow-eyed, cedar and chicory. Among the birds, the white stork, black stork, white heron, black coot, gray heron, wild duck, fisherman's eagle, wood pigeon and bald eagle stand out - a large fish eagle that is very rare and is threatened with extinction. From mammals, otters live in the water, and foxes, wild boars, roe deer and deer come to drink. In the immediate vicinity of Vir, there is the managed Pedestrian Oak Reserve Lodge.
Cover photo: TZ Županja
