Maksimilijan Vrhovac

Maksimilijan Vrhovac
Born(1752-11-23)November 23, 1752
Karlovac, Croatia, Habsburg monarchy
DiedDecember 16, 1827(1827-12-16) (aged 75)
Zagreb, Croatia, Austrian Empire
Other namesMaximilianus Verhovacz
OccupationCatholic bishop
Known forLeading figure in the Croatian national revival and Illyrian movement

Maksimilijan Vrhovac (23 November 1752 – 16 December 1827) was the bishop of Zagreb. He was one of the ideological architects of the Croatian national revival, and is notable for founding the Maksimir Park in 1787,[1] one of the first major public parks in Southeast Europe.[2] Vrhovac was a member of the Freemasons.[3]

  1. ^ "Vrhovac, Maksimilijan | Hrvatska enciklopedija".
  2. ^ Patrick Taylor, ed. (2006). The Oxford Companion to the Garden. Oxford University Press. pp. 295–6. ISBN 0-19-866255-6.
  3. ^ Trencsényi, Balázs; Janowski, Maciej; Baar, Monika; Falina, Maria; Kopecek, Michal (26 February 2016). A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe: Volume I: Negotiating Modernity in the 'Long Nineteenth Century'. Oxford University Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-19-105695-6. Maksimilijan Vrhovac (1752–1829), a staunch proponent of Enlightenment ideas and member of a Masonic lodge