Slavonski Brod, Croatia

Croatia

• The Republic of Croatia is a unitary democratic parliamentary republicat the crossroads of Central Europe, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean.

• The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Zagreb is its capital and largest city.

• Croatia covers 56,594 square kilometres and has diverse, mostly continental and Mediterrenean climates.

• Croatia's Adriatic coast contains more than a 1000 islands. • The country's population is 4.29 million, most of whom are

Croats, with the most common religious denomination being Roman Catholicism.

National symbols

• The Croatian wattle, also known as the pleter or troplet, is an important pattern of medieval Croatian culture.

• The Dalmatian Dog is a national animal; the Iris Croatica is the national flower; the Slavonian oak is the national tree of Croatia.

• Saint Joseph is the patron saint of Croatia.

Zagreb

St Mark’s Square (1); Jelačić Square (2);Cro National Theatre (3); Zrinjevac (4)

Dubrovnik, Rovin

The Brijuni Islands, Velebit, Plitvice Lakes

Vukovar

Slavonski Brod, Croatia

• The city is located in the region of Slavonia.

It is the centre of Brod-Posavina County,

and a river port on the Sava river.

• The city has a population of 59,141 in 2011

and a built-up area of more than 110,000 inhabitants.

• The city was known as Marsonia in the Roman Empire, and as Brodna Savi 1244–1934. Although 'brod' is the word 'ship' in modern Croatian, the city's name bears witness to an older meaning – 'water crossing', ‘ford'.

• It is the 6th largest city in Croatia, after Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek and Zadar. It is 197 km southeast of Zg and at an elevation of 96 m.

• In 2009, the city was awarded "The most beautiful city in Croatia" award, given annually by the Croatian National Tourist Board.

• Slavonski Brod is one of the biggest towns inCroatia.

• It was first settled 8000 years ago and is possibly the oldest town in Croatia. It wassettled by Romans, and the name of the town was Marsonia.

• The name Brod means ship/ vessel in Croatian.

• The town got the name “Brod” because theboat is the famous way to cross river Sava.

Introduction

The Fortress Brod

One of the Fortress’s walls

• One of the biggest objectsin Europe

• It had a large influence inthe development of ourtown.

• There’s music school near it.

Franciscan monastery

The monastery’s courtyard

• It was built in 1694.

• It was once used as a school.

• In 1720 it became a university of philosophy.

• It has one of the oldestlibraries in the wholecountry.

• The Vijuš Gym – An audience capacity of2.200, and it took 20 years to build.

• Slavonski Brod has: 3 universities, 8 highschools, 11 primary schools, 1 music schooland 7 kindergartens.

Other interesting things…

• Ivana Brlić – Mažuranić – writer

• Dragutin Tadijanović – poet

• Krešimir Blažević – the founder of rock band “Animatori”

• Venio Lozert – handball player

• Tomo Skalica – the first Croat who sailedaround the world

Famous people from our town

Both of these were famous writers andhat lovers

• Dragutin Tadijanović

• Ivana Brlić Mažuranić

Ekonomsko-birotehnička škola, Slavonski Brod, Republika Hrvatska

The Secondary School of Economics in Slavonski Brod, Croatia

http://ss-ekonomsko-birotehnicka-sb.skole.hr/

The “Old” & the “New” School• A separate highschool since

1 Sept 1991 (V. Jagića bb);

• On a new location since Oct 2008 (Naselje Andrije Hebranga 13/1);

• 46 967 m2 of school area, 27 588 m2 of green area (plus basketball and football playgrounds),

6 376 m2 of walking and parking area;

• Independent central heating system...

Educational sectors and programmes

• 745 students (in 27 classes) studying in two shifts;

• 2 Educational sectors: Economics and Trade,

Hotel and Catering Trade;

• 5 programmes within the sectors:

Economist (4 years of education),

Administrative officer (4 years),

Administrative secretary (4 years),

Salesperson (3 years of education),

Hotel and tourist technician (4 yrs)

62 employees• 51 teacher

• 2 staff associates: a librarian and a pedagogue

• 4 members of administrative-technical staff:

the headmaster, a secretary, an accountant,

an administrative officer

• 5 members of auxiliary staff: 4 cleaning ladies

and a custodian

The City Day – 16 May 2012 – in our school

The School’s

Day

is traditionally

celebrated in May –creative

workshops’ materials

Thank You for Your attention!

Filip Matan and English students of 3B

Ivana Opačak, Croatian and English teacher