General Political and Military Situation in Podravina (1527 - 1765)

U radu se opisuje dvostoljetno razdoblje borbe protiv Osmanlija. Tijekom 16. stoljeća podravski je prostor gospodarski propadao, a istodobno je doživljavao iseljavanje pučanstva što je rezultiralo smanjenjem broja stanovnika. Krajem 16. stoljeća na dio podravskoga prostora doselili su se Vlasi. Oduzimanjem posjeda hrvatskih velikaša i hrvatskih zemalja pod upravom Hrvatskoga sabora te stvaranjem Vojne krajine promijenili su se i politički i vojnički odnosi. U drugoj polovici 17. i tijekom 18. stoljeća koprivnički je kraj bio u pozadini ratnih zbivanja i njegove su utvrde služile više kao logistička potpora, skladišta, vojarne i ishodišta za nove ratne pohode. Na tom su se prostoru formirala trgovačko-obrtnička i kulturna središta preko kojih su se održavali česti dodiri s kršćanskim stanovništvom na privremeno zauzetim prostorima pod osmanlijskom vlašću. Do mira u Srijemskim Karlovcima 1699. godine prevladavale su vojničke, a poslije toga gospodarske i kulturno-prosvjetne funkcije. Od 1765. godine ulogu Koprivnice kao sjedišta generalata preuzeo je Bjelovar.This text describes two centuries of battles with the Ottomans. During XVI century, Podravina was suffering economically, and at the same time inhabitants were moving out to other regions, which resulted in decrease of population. At the end of XVI century, parts of Podravina region were re-settled with Vlach Serbs. As Croatian nobility and peers were taken away the lands and estates here by decree, Croatian parliament Sabor losing its powers of administration over the area, and by creating a Military Order of Krajina, political and military relations changed as well. In the second half of XVII and in early XVIII century Koprivnica region was a rear-area away from military operations. Koprivnica strongholds are therefore used mainly as logistic support, warehouses, army barracks and outposts for waging new military actions. This area further develops as a crossroads for trading and crafts, as well as cultural events, that keeps frequently in touch with the Christian population in temporarily occupied regions under the Ottoman administration. Until the Srijemski Karlovci Peace Treaty of 1699, the prevailing and predominant are military, and afterwards economic, cultural and educational functions of the area. From 1765 on, the general-staff administrative seat is moved from Koprivnica to Bjelovar