Dožinky - Harvest Festival

 
 
 
Dožinky - Harvest Festival
 

DaruvarTourist board Daruvar - Papuk
Julijev park 1, 43500 Daruvar, Croatia
Phone: ++385 43 331 382,
Fax: ++385 43 331 285
www.visitdaruvar.hr
Tourist office Daruvar
Cells: ++385 99 706 60 59, ++385 99 706 60 58
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› Castle Jankovich

The castle of Count Jankovich is located in the very centre of town and it is a protected monument of culture (first class) of Croatia.

› Spa park Julije's park

Julije's park is one of the oldest spa parks in continental Croatia

› Roman forest

Next to the main town square and Daruvar spa there is a natural and healthy park-forest i.e. the Roman forest.The Roman forest is populated with various vegetative and animal worlds that inhabit an area of 20 hectares.

Castle Dioš

From 1904, seven kilometers north of Daruvar, near Končanica.

› Stupčanica i Dobra kuća

Two medieval fortress.

› Churches

Church of the Holy Trinity (1764), Church of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council (1749).
Date of event: Daruvar, 11.07.

The Harvest Festival or Dožínky is the oldest, largest and most massive manifestation of the Czech minority in Croatia, whose tradition is still preserved since 1925 when the first harvest celebrations were held in Daruvar.

The event is held in the second half of July, it lasts two days and gathers more than 1000 participants from 29 Czech besedas in Croatia and their guests from the Czech Republic and Croatian cultural societies.

The biggest attraction of Dožinky is the harvest parade with more than a thousand participants, dozens of allegorical chariots decorated with wheat, which show all the harvest work, from planting to making bread, and there are also many minority groups dressed in traditional costumes.