Buševec
 
   The village Buševec settled in fields of Turopolje and is on exact route from Zagreb to Sisak, at approximately 25 kilometers from Zagreb. This is a village of 1000 residents. History says that Buševec probably inherited the name from aristocratic family Buševec which was the most prominent family in Buševec till 16-th century, along with Turhan family. Landless peasants who were under those aristocratic families and had estates nearby lived in seven different peasant rural region.

   Due to frequent Turkish breakthroughs on this territory a lot of Turopolje families and estates were destroyed. In the year 1592, ruler from Bosnia known as Hasan-pasha devastated Turopolje and led 35.000 people to slavery, but a lot of Turopolje families were uprooted and entire villages were gone. That is a period in history when aristocratic families Buševec and Turhan disappeared.

   Ever since 17th century there were new aristocratic families in Buševec and most of them still live in this village but it isn't a known historical fact where are the origins of these families. New residents built beautiful wooden chapel of Saint Apostle but it was torn down and or burnt so it resurrected in the year 1768 and as such stands on the same place today. In the early 20th century chapel was for unknown reasons renamed to chapel of Saint John Baptist.

   Voluntary fire-department was founded in the year 1900 due to frequent fires. In the year 1908 village got its five-year long elementary school, public library in the year 1912, "Seljačka sloga" was founded in 1920 and sports club "Seljak" (today "Polet") began with its activities in 1934.

 

Stara kapelica Sv. Ivana Krstitelja

Chapel St. John the Baptist (old)

   Today Buševec has got daycare center, elementary school (four grades), new church, country club, fire station and sport club with a lot of playgrounds. There is a large number of associations – branch of "Seljačka sloga" with the folklore ensemble and Commoner theatre, sport club "Polet" with its football and chess section, as well as PoletINFO, Voluntary fire department Buševec, Hunting association "Kuna" , Association of women Buševec and Horse back riding club. Nearby is sport airport, also.

 

Posljednji čardak

Last čardak in Buševec

 

 
 

Nova kapelica Sv. Ivana Krstitelja izgrađena  2000.g.

St. chapel. John the Baptist (new)

 

Buševec u drugom svjetskom ratu

Buševec during II. World War

 

Dom kulture

House of culture in Buševec

 

Vrtić u Buševcu

Kindergarten in Buševec

 

Škola u Buševcu

School in Buševec

 

Gostiona Polet

Polet tavern

 

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