Desinić

History

Desinić was first mentioned around 1334 in the statutes of the Zagreb Kaptol, under the name “Ecclesia sancti Gheorgii de Zothla” as the seat of the Roman Catholic parish of St. George. In the 15th century, the settlement belonged to the Counts of Celje, until their death. The first written traces of a population census of the Desinić municipality date back to 1823, from the oldest parish book “Status animarum” during the pastorate of Johanes Sepok and the chaplaincy of Josip Strittoff. Education was introduced only in 1843, introduced by the organist Mihalj Šibl from Zlatar, who became the first teacher in Desinić. From 1869, the teaching service was led by Juraj Prejac, a native of St. Margaret near Ptuj, the father of the better-known Jurica Đuro Prejac. The Desinić municipality began building the school in 1864, and it was expanded in 1865, when classes began. Later, the Desinić municipality took over the patronage of the school, which also paid the teacher, who was supervised by the local parish priest. In 1869, a professional teacher, Juraj Prejac, began working at the school. In 1874, the school was transferred to state patronage, or rather patronage of the provincial government. In 1881, a woman was appointed as a tutor for the first time.