NK Samobor

Nogometni klub Samobor mor commonly known as NK Samobor is a Croatian football club based in the town of Samobor in Zagreb. Samobor currently plays in the Treća HNL, the third division in Croatian football. The club currently plays at the Gradski Stadion which holds a seating capacity of 5,000.

Former Croatian international footballers Igor Bišćan and Tomo Šokota both played for Samobor during there early part of there careers.

Samobor

Samobor (pronounced [sâmɔ̝bɔ̝ːr]) is a city in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is part of the Zagreb metropolitan area.

Geography

Samobor is located west of Zagreb, between the eastern slopes of the Samobor hills (Croatian: Samoborsko gorje), the eastern part of Žumberak Mountain, in the Sava River valley. It is part of the historical region of Croatia proper.

Administration

The city government, court, police, health service, and a post office are part of the Samobor infrastructure.

History

Samobor has existed as a free royal town since 1242, according to a document of endowment by King Béla IV.

Since the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699, SZAMOBOR was part of the Habsburg Monarchy, (Transleithania after the compromise of 1867), and soon after in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, created when the Kingdom of Slavonia and the Kingdom of Croatia were merged in 1868. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Samobor was a district capital in the Zagreb County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Economy

One of the chief industries in Samobor is crystal cutting, acclaimed in Europe and all over the world.

Samobor, Gacko

Samobor (Serbian Cyrillic: Самобор) is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

References

Coordinates: 43°07′N 18°36′E / 43.117°N 18.600°E / 43.117; 18.600