Botinec
Village in City of Zagreb, Croatia
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Botinec is a neighborhood located in Novi Zagreb - zapad city district of Zagreb, Croatia.
Botinec | |
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Village | |
  Botinec | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  City of Zagreb |
| City District | Novi Zagreb – zapad |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.12 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 4 |
| • Density | 35/sq mi (13/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
It is famous for having its streets named after famous characters from Croatian theater plays and novels. It was founded in 1965 as a refugee camp after the 1964 flood, owing its rectangular street grid to the era of building Novi Zagreb (called Južni Zagreb – Southern Zagreb at the time).[3] It was away from the city and away from Sava River, with barracks meant to serve as a camp only for up to six years, but the houses were eventually bought by the tenants and upgraded. Nonetheless, Botinec remains a neighborhood bearing the scar of the flood.[4] Botinec is divided in two parts: Old Botinec and New Botinec.
Climate
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, its population was only 4.[2]
According to the 2001 census, Botinec had 4,906 inhabitants.[7]
Church of St. Stephen the First Martyr
In the neighbourhood exists Church of St. Stephen the First Martyr, which is a Catholic parish church, built in 1969.
The Zagreb-Botinec Parish, to which the church belongs, was formed by separation from the Zagreb-Remetinec-Blato Parish in 1969 by decree of Cardinal Franjo Kuharić.
The parish church is located in the basement of two connected family houses that were built in 1969.[8]
View of the church
View of the church
