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The Mirogoj City Cemetery (pronounced [mîrɔɡɔːj], Croatian: Gradsko groblje Mirogoj), also known as Mirogoj Cemetery (Croatian: Groblje Mirogoj), is a cemetery park that is considered [1] to be among the more noteworthy landmarks in the city of Zagreb.
He was born in Krapina (then in Varaždin County, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire) on August 8, 1809. [3] His father Johann Gay was a German immigrant from the Kingdom of Hungary, and his mother was Juliana (née Schmidt), the daughter of a German immigrant arriving in the 1770s.
Milan Ogrizović was born on February 11, 1877, in Senj, the third son of Ilija Ogrizović, a postal worker, and Franjka (née Krišković).Ogrizović was raised in Zavalje, near Bihać in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, by his maternal uncle, a parish priest, [a] who converted him from Eastern Orthodoxy to Catholicism.
Stjepan Gomboš (1895–1975) was a Croatian-Jewish architect responsible for the design of many business and residential buildings throughout the city of Zagreb. [1] [2] [3] Gomboš was also active in other parts of Croatia and, as a writer, contributed much to the Croatian modern architecture.
Ehrmann was born in Podbuż in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria to a wealthy Jewish [1] [2] family of Ignac and Adela (née Liebermann) Ehrmann. He had three brothers, Leon, Oskar and Leopold. [3]
Alfred Albini (Croatian pronunciation: [ǎlfred albǐːni]; 15 July 1896 – 4 November 1978) was a Croatian-Jewish architect. [1] He received a Vladimir Nazor Award for architecture and urban planning.
Begović was born in Vrlika, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in 1876, the son of Ivan, a smallholder and shopkeeper, and Filomena "File" (née Bressan).
Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski (Croatian pronunciation: [ǐʋan kukǔːʎeʋit͡ɕ sǎkt͡sinskiː]; 29 May 1816 – 1 August 1889) [2] was a Croatian historian, politician, and writer, most famous for delivering the first speech in Croatian before Parliament.