Međimurje (region)

Međimurje (pronounced [medʑǐmuːrje]; Hungarian: Muraköz) is a small historical and geographical region in Northern Croatia comprising the area between the two large rivers, Mura and Drava, and roughly corresponding to the administrative division of Međimurje County.

The highest geographical point is Mohokos at 344.4 metres (1,130 ft) above sea level.

While Upper Međimurje is covered with groves, meadows, vineyards and orchards, Lower Međimurje is largely used for tillage, which includes fields of cereals, maize, potato, as well as vegetable farming.

[1] Over the centuries it was possessed by many noble families such as the Lacković, Celjski, Ernušt, Zrinski, Althann or Feštetić.

It was occupied in late December 1918, and proclaimed a part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as Yugoslavia) by a popular assembly held in the region's largest town Čakovec.

Međimurje (here on an old map from 1690, with the Mura River as border to Hungary) is the northernmost part of Croatia
Upper Međimurje landscape
Map showing military campaign at the end of the First World War , during which Međimurje was liberated from Hungarian forces and incorporated into the newly formed State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs