Botinec

Botinec
Village
Botinec is located in Croatia
Botinec
Botinec
Coordinates: 45°45′19.16″N 15°56′8.33″E / 45.7553222°N 15.9356472°E / 45.7553222; 15.9356472
Country Croatia
CountyZagreb City of Zagreb
City DistrictNovi Zagreb – zapad
Area
 • Total0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total4
 • Density35/sq mi (13/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Botinec is a neighborhood located in Novi Zagreb - zapad city district of Zagreb, Croatia.

It is famous for having its streets named after famous characters from Croatian theater plays and novels. It was founded in 1965 as a refugee camp after the 1964 flood, owing its rectangular street grid to the era of building Novi Zagreb (called Južni Zagreb – Southern Zagreb at the time).[3] It was away from the city and away from Sava River, with barracks meant to serve as a camp only for up to six years, but the houses were eventually bought by the tenants and upgraded. Nonetheless, Botinec remains a neighborhood bearing the scar of the flood.[4] Botinec is divided in two parts: Old Botinec and New Botinec.

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ Maretić, Mirko (2008-01-10). "O imaginarnim kartama Južnog = Novog Zagreba" (PDF). Zarez (in Croatian) (222): 16–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  4. ^ Petrovčić, Gordana (2004-10-26). "U Botinec i Retkovec došli privremeno, ostali zauvijek" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 17, 2004. Retrieved 2008-07-29.