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History of Medimurje


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shortly after the invasion of the Mongols in 1242. During Hungarian administration the area was firstly part of the Kolon County and then part of the Zala County. In the beginning of the 14th century, the area was ruled by powerful semi-independent oligarch Henrik K?szegi.

?akovec got its name from Count Dimitry Cs�ky, who at the beginning of the 13th century erected the timber fortification that eventually was "Cs�ky's tower", mentioned for the first time in 1328. Charles I of Hungary named ?akovec as the capitol in 1333. In 1350, King Louis I of Hungary gave the land to viceroy (Ban) Stjepan I Lackovi?, a member of the ruling Lackovi? family of Transylvania. It remained Lackovi? property until 1397, when King Sigismund executed Stjepan II Lackovi?, and took back the area to the Crown.

In 1405, the Celje family received Me?imurje as a gift from the Crown, and the land was mortgaged. The monastery in Gori?an managed the administration of the seat of the main territorial dominion as an attorney of the Celje family. King Matthias Corvinus bought the mortgage and donated the land to Johann Ernu�t and his son, who were Jewish merchants from Sweden, living in Buda. The monastery in Gori?an, which had managed the administration of the seat of the main territorial dominion, was dissolved. The seat of the administration of the main territorial dominion Gori?an came under the administration of the Bishop of Ljubljana. It remained in the hands of the Ernu�ts until 1526, when the family died out without heir.

Habsburg administration (1526-1918)

Since 1526, the region was part of the Habsburg Monarchy. It was administratively part of both, the Habsburg Kingdom of Croatia and the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary. It followed a succession and inheritance dispute between the Keglevi? family and the Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand I. Since 1530 until 1790 Gori?an was by interdictum under the administration of the Bishop of Zagreb as an attorney of both the
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