Marija Bistrica
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| Postal code | 49 246 |
| Area code | 049 |
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Marija Bistrica (Croatian pronunciation: 2011 census).[3]
Marija Bistrica has an old
Marian shrine of the Black Madonna which is a place of pilgrimage
and visited by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every year.
On 3 October 1998, Pope John Paul II visited Marija Bistrica and beatified Croatian Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac in front of a crowd of 500,000 Croatians.[4]
History
The first written mention of the settlement Bistrica dates back to 1209 AD, as the possession of Croatian-Hungarian king Andrew II. Documents from 1334 first mention the church of Saints Peter and Paul.
Shrine
In 1545 a local priest hid the wonder working statue of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
with the Infant Jesus, which previously stood in a wooden chapel on the Vinski Vrh (Hill) nearby, within the church to save it from the Turks and took the secret of its hiding place to his grave. The statue was discovered in 1588, when according to the records bright light shone from the place where it was buried. In 1650 the statue had to be once again hidden to be rediscovered in 1684.
In 1710 the
Pius XI granted the church the status of a minor basilica and in 1935 the archbishop of Zagreb Ante Bauer crowned the statue as Our Lady Queen of Croatia. As archbishop, Aloysius Stepinac paid special attention to the site and made annual pilgrimages. On 8 July 1945 he led his last pilgrimage to Marija Bistrica which drew 40,000-50,000 people.[5]
Municipality
The municipality consists of the following settlements:[3]
- Globočec, population 525
- Hum Bistrički, pop. 441
- Laz Bistrički, pop. 788
- Laz Stubički, pop. 267
- Marija Bistrica, pop. 1,071
- Podgorje Bistričko, pop. 904
- Podgrađe, pop. 321
- Poljanica Bistrička, pop. 347
- Selnica, pop. 653
- Sušobreg Bistrički, pop. 81
- Tugonica, pop. 578
Gallery
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Main square in Marija Bistrica -
The basilica -
Interior of the basilica -
Arcades surround the basilica -
Arcades surround the basilica -
Outside view of the basilica -
Open air church near the basilica -
12th Station of The Way of the Cross at Marija Bistrica open air church -
Altar of the Marija Bistrica basilica
References
- Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Marija Bistrica". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ISBN 9780879739348. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ^ Akmadža, Miroslav. Causes of breaking of diplomatic ties between the Vatican and Yugoslavia in 1952
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marija Bistrica.
- Official website
- Website of the Shrine (in English, Croatian, and German)
- Short info
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